Borrowed Color: Mosaic in Clear Glass over Tinted Mortar

Working with a variety of textured, frosted, and iridized clear glass, our focus will be on transparency/translucence as it facilitates external color transfer. We'll custom-tint cement mortars (our adhesive), which will lend color to the glass pieces as we set them into a mosaic design, noticing the effect of the glass surface texture on color intensity.

Students will choose from several compositions, select/cut/shape/arrange pieces on a template, mix/apply mortar, and finally set their mosaic into mortar in a prepared frame.

Kelley Knickerbocker is an award-winning mosaic artist since 2005. With an aesthetic steeped in materials analysis and innovation, Kelley began teaching her unique blend of contemporary and classically-influenced mosaic techniques in 2009. She's known worldwide for her unordinary work and her enthusiastic, inventive, yet technically-grounded approach to teaching that regularly moves students beyond their own creative expectations.

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