{"id":122,"date":"2018-01-20T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mosaicslab.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2021-05-03T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T12:58:48","slug":"mosaicists-predict-the-2018-mosaic-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/blog\/mosaicists-predict-the-2018-mosaic-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"MOSAICISTS PREDICT THE 2018 MOSAIC TRENDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(2 min read)<\/p>\n<p>Though the first mosaics took their initial inspiration from ancient wall murals they soon evolved into a unique art form that never ceased to evolve and amaze. Over the centuries artists have continued to push its boundaries with new techniques, materials and themes to tell their stories and connect with us in meaningful ways. For the new year we talked to three leading mosaicists to get their opinion on upcoming trends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/giulio.menossi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">GIULIO MENOSSI<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Giulio_Menossi.png\" alt=\"Giulio Menossi | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Giulio Menossi)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>If there is a true mosaic poet, it is Giulio Menossi. His unbridled passion for his art and his love of light and color comes to life in his vibrant three dimensional pieces. As he so eloquently says: \u201cI have robbed snowflakes to use their crystals, handled strange materials, crumbled colourful marble, trying to tell a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Giulio_Menossi_Art_3.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Menossi Primavera| custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Primavera, 2012. Copyright \u00a9 Giulio Menossi)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>Born in Udine, a small town in northeast Italy, Menossi moved to Milan at the age of 18 where he began three years of tutelage under mosaic maestro Domenico Coledani. After spending additional six years at Crovatto Mosaics in New York to expand his expertise, Menossi returned to his beloved Udine to establish his own studio.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Giulio_Menossi_Art_2.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Menossi Notturno | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Notturno, 2010. Copyright \u00a9 Giulio Menossi)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>Menossi recognizes a lot of excitement amongst younger artists but also a lack of craftsmanship that he believes is holding them back. He admits that his own path to finding his true artist expression was a long one. \u201cI have traveled many roads before I understood how and what!\u201d He trusts that the upcoming year will see some real talents continue to grow but mosaics need dreams and imagination to truly come to life.Though he does not see many \u201cnew trends\u201d he does see original ideas emerging from established mosaicists. \u201cMasters\u201d, he says, \u201csow \u2018wisdom and knowledge\u2019 they tell stories. And above all they have things to say. This, in my opinion, is the newest and most fascinating thing in the mosaic world. We have learned that we too can with our age-old technique, made with the patience of the Certosini, we too can tell ME STORIES. I think it&#8217;s a fundamental point!\u201d So the current trend is one of improved storytelling, of connecting with the audience at an emotional level. His advice to emerging artists is: &#8220;You must believe in your dream, cultivate your talent day after day\u2026 and especially you must tell stories.&#8221;Words spoken by a true master that will hopefully inspire a new generation of amazing artists.<\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>RACHEL SAGER<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Rachel_Seger.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Sager | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Rachel Sager)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>Rachel Sager is an internationally renowned mosaicists who also spent time studying with Italian masters. She brought back their knowledge and philosophy to her native Pennsylvania where she spends \u201clarge chunks of time sifting through the earth itself, gathering materials like sandstone, limestone, slate and coal seams\u201d to continuously push the boundaries of this ancient art form.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Rachel_Seger_Art_2.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Sager Monolithic Kin | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Monolithic Kin, 2016. Copyright \u00a9 Rachel Sager)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>Her inspiration springs \u201cfrom the well of human experience\u201d and her pieces, soaked in all forms of storytelling, and are truly inspiring.Rachel predicts two main trends for 2018 which expand on some Menossi\u2019s thoughts on storytelling: \u201cArtists who have already begun a great innovation surge will keep pushing the boundaries of what mosaic can be. These innovations will embrace the use of non-traditional materials while at the same time utilizing the traditional but simple perfection of the hammer and hardie. I see a future where the materials themselves help to tell the story, whether because of the places they are sourced from or because their hand-cut nature reveals so much about the human being behind the work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Rachel_Seger_Art_3.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Sager Allegory of Free Will | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Allegory of Free Will, 2014. Copyright \u00a9 Rachel Sager)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/helenmilesmosaics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HELEN MILES<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Helen_Miles.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Miles | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Helen Miles in her Edinburgh studio. Photo: @Ashley Erdman)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>To Helen Miles the future of mosaic art looks ever brighter in 2018 as \u201cdedicated and determined mosaicists throughout the world continue to produce work which challenges, inspires and shakes the notion of what mosaics are.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Helen_Miles_Art_1.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Miles Octopus and fish | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Octopus and fish, 2016. Copyright \u00a9 Helen Miles)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Helen lived in Greece for 15 years where she learnt the traditional methods with a focus on Byzantine iconography. She later expanded her knowledge to Roman mosaic techniques and now makes contemporary pieces inspired by ancient masters.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Helen_Miles_Art_2.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Miles Wedding Mosaic 2 | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Wedding Mosaic 2, 2014. Copyright \u00a9 Helen Miles)<\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\u201cKeep an eye peeled in 2018 for public art mosaics,\u201d says Helen, \u201cthere are brilliant examples already out there from Isidora Paz Lopez\u2019s glorious community mosaics in Puente Alto, extraordinary works by multiple artists in the New York Subway and Gary Drostle\u2019s floor at the Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital in Stanford, California.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Lucile_Packard_Hospital_Mosaic_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital, Stanford, California)<\/figcaption><figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicslab.com\/pub\/media\/wysiwyg\/Blog\/Handmade_Mosaics_Art_Mosaic_Artwork_Mosaics_Lab_Isidora_Paz_L_pez_Community_Project_1.jpg\" alt=\"Isidora Paz L\u00f3pez | custom made tile mosaic design provided by Mosaics Lab on mosaicslab.com\" \/><figcaption>(Isidora Paz Lopez, Puente Alto)<\/figcaption><figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\u201cThe more mosaics in public spaces are noted and admired, the more they will be in demand which in turn will feed through to an appreciation of mosaics in domestic spaces.\u201d says Helen.Discover more about Isidora Paz L\u00f3pez amazing community project\u00a0here. 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