joan greenberg mosaics
reChinafication
Joan GreenbergIt happened just when I was sure that I couldn't sling one more word to sate the appetite of my corporate communications clients -- and not a minute too soon. The "it" is mosaics. At first I was sure that my mosaic work came from the alien that must have inhabited my body. In the end, though, I realized all those mosaics were coming out of this head and these hands and this heart. That was in 2005, and I continue to smash and build with all the delight of a hungry dog who's got the butcher's best bone. Yum! Each piece is a new discovery. Who knew?
Joan Greenberg
It happened just when I was sure that I couldn't sling one more word to sate the appetite of my corporate communications clients -- and not a minute too soon.
The "it" is mosaics. At first I was sure that my mosaic work came from the alien that must have inhabited my body. In the end, though, I realized all those mosaics were coming out of this head and these hands and this heart. That was in 2005, and I continue to smash and build with all the delight of a hungry dog who's got the butcher's best bone. Yum! Each piece is a new discovery. Who knew?
reChinaficationThe teacup breaks. The dinner plate crashes. They're good china, heirlooms. But what do you do with this stuff now?ReChinafication -- recycling fine china into mosaic art -- is my answer. Cut the flowers out of the salad plate and glue them to the wall. Snip the plate rims and frame out a mirror. Most people call this process pique assiette, but really. Don't you think reChinafication says it better?And what a joy it is to repurpose these things that others consider broken, ready for the trash heap. Of course my friends and family know better. They gather together the shards and send them to me for reChinafication. Mom's Limoges saucer lives again.
The teacup breaks. The dinner plate crashes. They're good china, heirlooms. But what do you do with this stuff now?
ReChinafication -- recycling fine china into mosaic art -- is my answer. Cut the flowers out of the salad plate and glue them to the wall. Snip the plate rims and frame out a mirror. Most people call this process pique assiette, but really. Don't you think reChinafication says it better?
And what a joy it is to repurpose these things that others consider broken, ready for the trash heap. Of course my friends and family know better. They gather together the shards and send them to me for reChinafication. Mom's Limoges saucer lives again.
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My favorite materials? Antique china, stained glass, brass bead chain, and cubic zirconium. Commissions are accepted and discussions invited.
My favorite materials? Antique china, stained glass, brass bead chain, and cubic zirconium.
Commissions are accepted and discussions invited.
