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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.
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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
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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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Wonderful works, Dina!
ReplyDeleteI love mosaics, mosaicists are great artists!
Wonderful post for 'M" and such exquisite and divine art ~ such a treasure ~ ^_^
ReplyDeleteyes, it is the small pieces which form the whole.
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please have a good wednesday.
There is a Greek Orthodox church in Albany, NY and the docent gave us a tour of the iconography. Fascinating stuff.
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wow, how intricate and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Great to see the process.Have a great week.mary
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteWhat Marvelous artistry and skill! I love mosaics too - very special to see these in-process captures.
ReplyDeleteMosaics are so fascinating!
ReplyDeleteVery nice post, Dina.
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.
ReplyDeleteFriends, thanks for all your interesting comments.
ReplyDeletePasadena 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!
Wonderful the mosaic tradition continues, such an interesting art form.
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Wonderful, I have never seen a mosaic artist at work. You could have saved this for next theme day!
ReplyDeleteLovely art. Looks like a very time consuming process.
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This is such painstaking, beautiful work. It's definitely a labor of love and devotion.
ReplyDeleteHi Dina! This is a splendid M post! Thanks for showing it is so beautiful.
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