Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Mosaicist, Greek Orthodox

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(All photos can be enlarged with two clicks.)


M is for  mosaic-making monk in a monastery.


He kindly let me watch how a modern mosaic is painstakingly made, in his workshop at the very old St. Gerasimus Monastery near Jericho.


See more about St. Gerasimus Monastery, also known in Arabic as Deir Hajleh and in Hebrew as Beth-Hogla, here:

http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.il/2012/05/monastery-full-of-animals.html
and
http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.il/2012/05/mother-mary-nursing-her-baby.html
Lots of photos and info at http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/StGerassimos.html


Mosaic carpets in various stages of progress.
Maybe you'd like to order one?
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(Linking to ABC Wednesday.)
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UPDATE: Thanks to Pasadena Adjacent's use of the word smalti in her comment,  I learned a nice new word and found this great illustrated glossary of mosaic terms:
http://www.mosaicartsource.com/mosaicart/mosaic_art_resource/mosaic_glossary.html    and they even have a blog about mosaics!
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16 comments:

  1. Wonderful works, Dina!
    I love mosaics, mosaicists are great artists!

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  2. Wonderful post for 'M" and such exquisite and divine art ~ such a treasure ~ ^_^

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  3. yes, it is the small pieces which form the whole.

    great images.

    please have a good wednesday.

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  4. There is a Greek Orthodox church in Albany, NY and the docent gave us a tour of the iconography. Fascinating stuff.

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  5. wow, how intricate and beautiful!

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  6. Beautiful! Great to see the process.Have a great week.mary

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  7. I have never done a mosaic where I wasn't leaning over a flat surface. Seems easier on the back this way. And lucky is the monk who has Italian smalti to work with. I work with pressed glass made in Mexico

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  8. What Marvelous artistry and skill! I love mosaics too - very special to see these in-process captures.

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  9. Mosaics are so fascinating!
    Very nice post, Dina.

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  10. Beautiful work. In 1953 when I was still in high school we had to make a mosaic of the queen in her coronation dress. Of course it was made out of paper, but it was a great learning experience.

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  11. Friends, thanks for all your interesting comments.

    Pasadena Adjacent, thanks for the new word smalti! I added an update to my post:

    Thanks to Pasadena Adjacent's use of the word smalti in her comment, I learned a nice new word and found this great illustrated glossary of mosaic terms:
    http://www.mosaicartsource.com/mosaicart/mosaic_art_resource/mosaic_glossary.html and they even have a blog about mosaics!

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  12. Wonderful the mosaic tradition continues, such an interesting art form.
    Joy - ABC Team

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  13. Wonderful, I have never seen a mosaic artist at work. You could have saved this for next theme day!

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  14. Lovely art. Looks like a very time consuming process.
    An Arkies Musings

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  15. This is such painstaking, beautiful work. It's definitely a labor of love and devotion.

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  16. Hi Dina! This is a splendid M post! Thanks for showing it is so beautiful.

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