Cerulean Rendezvous
Title: Cerulean Rendezvous
Mosaic: Smalti, 24K gold smalti, marble, granite, Italian Crystallino
Size: 53 1/2 X 45 inches
Year: 2006
Location: Beverly Hills, California
Mosaic: Smalti, 24K gold smalti, marble, granite, Italian Crystallino
Size: 53 1/2 X 45 inches
Year: 2006
Location: Beverly Hills, California
"Cerulean Rendezvous” is a mosaic placed on the entrance wall of a villa in Beverly Hills, California.
It was my first time working with a scale this big, but it was very challenging. I used, only for the face’s skin color, more than 19 different tan colors, and some of the pieces where around 1 mm in size to give more detail to the eyes.
The piece is a scene of an Arabic woman walking by a waterfall. My daughter created the name, “Cerulean Rendezvous,” when I told her the old stories of couples meeting secretly near creeks and streams when they were supposed to be bringing water back to their homes.
It was my first time working with a scale this big, but it was very challenging. I used, only for the face’s skin color, more than 19 different tan colors, and some of the pieces where around 1 mm in size to give more detail to the eyes.
The piece is a scene of an Arabic woman walking by a waterfall. My daughter created the name, “Cerulean Rendezvous,” when I told her the old stories of couples meeting secretly near creeks and streams when they were supposed to be bringing water back to their homes.
The Process
Step One: Sketch on paper
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Step Two: Watercolor
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Step Three: Starting mosaic smalti
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Step Four: "In Progress" photos sent to client
