Legend has it Ravenna, on the eastern Italian coast, has the best collection of mosaics in the world. We were fortunate enough to travel there last October and discover some of the ancient byzantine mosaics for ourselves. These, and all of the stone work we encountered, were beautiful, but our favorite part of Ravenna was the museum collection of modern mosaics made by artists in the last 10 years. The way they play with texture and materials is ingenius and so inspiring to us. The disco chain has to be our favorite!
original gold leaf mosaics in the basilica
original flooring mosaics, also in the basilica
ceiling of the basilica
more amazing floor mosaics- love the graphic designs
mosaics as decor
old church where the modern mosaic exhibit was held. we randomly walked by the entrance and decided to stumble in. what luck!
tiny chunks of slate
rainbow of glass tile
unzipped! all are whole pebbles
this is a bird, all pieces used were hand made.
most technical- very impressive what you can do with a slight change in angles
the disco chain! our favorite!
dragonfly
the burka. so clever, and they really captured the eyes beautifully.
seashells and fossils
