Yesterday I posted a "random" act of mosaic. Today's posting is a "deliberate" act of mosaic.This is Old Testament by Jackie Iskander. Up till now, Jackie hasn't worked much with natural stone even though she's been purchasing all sorts of rocks, gemstones, and marble from Mosaic Rocks for some time. This is her first inspiration which includes an ammonite fossil, marble, smalti, coco geode, pyrite, sodalite, turquoise, faceted garnet, and amazonite. It is 14 1/2" x 5 1/2". (I did not reduce this photo - so if you click on it, you will see an enlarged version.)
You may remember Jackie's work from the SAMA exhibition in Mesa. She had the treasure chest and the vase in the show.
I greatly admire Jackie's sense of design and color. I particularly admire the precision in her cutting. You can easily tell from looking at her work that every piece in the mosaic, no matter how insignificant, is deliberately cut to fit exactly in its place. This type of precision and attention is what separates good mosaic artists from the great. And Jackie is one of the greats.
Check out her website.
2 comments:
I am impressed with the way Jackie has cut her marble tesserae so very precisely; the background especially is masterly. This is a beautiful piece. I tried to go to Jackie's website to see more of her work, but the link seems not to work (or is it my browser, Firefox, that is at fault?). Any advice?
Thanks, Jennifer B-R
Nice work
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