Introduction to Mosaic: Playing with Tinted Mortar

Join us for a mosaic workshop for all skill levels! In this workshop, we will work with a variety of textured, frosted, and iridized clear glass, focusing on transparency and translucence as it facilitates external color transfer. We will custom-tint cement mortars, our adhesive, which will lend color to the glass pieces as we set them into a mosaic design, noticing the effect of the glass surface texture on color intensity. Students will choose from several compositions and select, cut, shape and arrange pieces on a template, then mix and apply mortar, and finally set their mosaic into mortar in a prepared frame.

About the Instructor

Kelley Knickerbocker is an award-winning mosaic artist since 2005. With an aesthetic steeped in materials analysis and innovation, Kelley began teaching her unique blend of contemporary and classically-influenced mosaic techniques in 2009. She's known worldwide for her unordinary work and her enthusiastic, inventive, yet technically-grounded approach to teaching that regularly moves students beyond their own creative expectations.