Past CMA Workshops
“Layered Glass Mosaics,”
with Yulia Hanansen
On Saturday and Sunday, July 30th & 31st, 2022, immediately following the opening of “Mosaics 2022: As Seen Through New Eyes” in the Foothills Art Center, the principal juror, Yulia Hanansen, taught a group of very interested mosaicists about the freedom of using tesserae in layers. They learned how form and volume can be emphasized with “brush-stroke” tesserae, and how to create exciting flow and direction in their mosaics.
Online Workshop
with Kathy Thaden
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What is “andamento” in mosaic art?
Get ready to join Colorado Mosaic Artists on April 11 as we take a look at what it is and why it is important. Kathy will show a variety of examples explaining what works and what doesn't during this free presentation (open to members of Colorado Mosaic Artists via Zoom). You do not need to be a Colorado resident to join.
Colorado Mosaic Artists presents a
DEB ALDO Workshop:
TACTILE AND TEMPORAL TEXTURES
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Saturday July 20, 2018 9:00am – 4:30pm
Sunday, July 21, 2018 9:00am – 4:30pm
LOCATION
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CITC, 646 Mariposa St., Denver, CO 80202
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All levels of mosaic experience are welcome
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TUITION
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$345 plus $35 Materials fee
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For complete details and to register, contact:
Peggy at prowlett@gmail.com
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The goal of this intermediate session is to help students observe sources of inspiration allowing for the creation of their own signature textural and temporal andamento studies. Students who have some basic mosaic-cutting and fitting experience will boost their know-how by learning to analyze why they are drawn to a particular work of art by examining and “unpacking” the compositions and andamento of a variety of mosaic works. This intense observation will allow them to assess how the andamento is used to create a mood or effect, as well as some basics on composition. Students should bring one printed or emailed example of a work they want to deconstruct as well as images that are inspiring that could serve as a possible mosaic. This class will allow them to see in a new way, and to create texture that will enhance the character of their mosaics by utilizing several methods for creating tactile textures based on both a presentation and hands-on work.
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Each student will execute a set of two samples based on four possible options— Shell Out, Rising Up, Pebble Waves, Detritus Assemblage. These dynamic and dimensional samples can be used as a visual reference for future works. The materials provided will be affixed to a cement board substrate with thinset. There will be explanations and instruction provided to the group at large, after which each student will receive individual attention. The last part of the class will be devoted to a group discussion and critique, if requested.
ABOUT DEB ALDO
Debora Aldo has been creating art for decades and has been working in mosaic since 1997. She was selected as a CT state certified teaching artist in 2009. Debora has a BA in Art/Illustration and graduated with high honors with a BS in Landscape Architecture/Horticulture.
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Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She recently was featured in one of the largest galleries in South Eastern CT, and the Slater Museum, Museum of Glass, and many galleries from Los Angelos to Boston and has been in the architectural section of the IMA, at SAMA. Her work is in private collections all across North America, Australia, Europe and Mexico.
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As the principal designer for Pietre Dure Design, she works with Landscape Architects, Architects, homeowners, and collectors creating sculptural installations and fine art for private, corporate, hospitality and health care facilities, and schools across the USA. She has been a student of Maggy Howarth and Verdiano Marzi, KokoMosaico, and Sophie Drouin.