Art of Mosaic

Art of Mosaic

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Artist 1

                Raymond Isidore (1900-1964), the artist of these mosaic decorations, had a simple job as a sweeper at the local cemetery. He bought the house in 1929 and lived there with his wife and three children. It is located in the city of Chartres, in northern France.

       One day in 1938, making a walk in the neighborhood, he happened to see some pieces of broken pottery,that drew his attention and inspired him to make mosaics from broken kitchenware.

       The next twenty years or so, Raymond Isidore would never pause from doing this creative activity.

       The result has been a completely decorated site: both the exterior and the interior of the house have been completely covered with mosaics, not just the walls, but also the furniture, the beds, the stove....

      Raymond Isidore died in 1964, some two days before his 64th birthday. Mrs. Isidore has gone on living in the house for a number of years.

Picture-1-Raymond standing outside house with wife by door.

Picture 2- floor

Picture-3-Stove

Picture-4-Bed

Picture-5-Vase out side the door

Picture-6- close up of same vase to show crockery pieces

Artist 2

Laurel Skye was born in 1951 (now 63 years old).  She lives in Arcata, California where she also has a studio that she creates her art and teaches Mosaic art classes.

She started 13 years ago when she decided to enter a contest to decorate a toaster for a coffee shop.  When she found out she won the contest and they the shop wanted her to do some mosaic art on the wall, it started a spark of excitement in her and she continued to create her own style of art with mosaic art.  Then she went to Italy to study the art of mosaic and came back with the passion to teach other how to do mosaic art.   She now continues to make her art pieces as well as teach classes all over the world.

Picture-7-Laurel Skye sitting on studio entrance floor that she did.

Picture-8-guitar

Picture-9-trumpet

Picture-10-cow

Picture-11-cowboy hat

Picture-12-chair

Art Project

Mosaic Birdhouse

Each student will need:

-1 white birdhouse

-1 paint brush

-1 cup of mod podge (after class is done, make sure all lids are back on cup so 

mod podge won't dry out, and this way we don't waste as much)

-1 bowl of tissue paper

Steps

1-have each student put name on bottom of birdhouse.

2-students will paint one side of the birdhouse with mod podge.

3-with mod podge still wet they will stick pieces of tissue paper on till that side is covered how they want it. 

4-repeat steps 2 and 3 until all surfaces they want to cover are done.

5-let it dry and they have all made their own mosaic art piece. 

I am not able to store all the birdhouses in the computer room so I will  have a couple tubs with some in and will try to keep it stocked up.  If you go to do the project and don’t have enough houses, they will be in bags upstairs around the corner at top of stairs. 

Let teachers know it can also be used for a Mothers Day if they want and if done before May 9^th.

This is the last project for this school year.  Please let us know if you have any questions or problems.

Thank you again for helping us with this program.  Without you all helping there is no way we could do this for the wonderful McKay kids!