International Year of planetearth 2008 Mosaic Exhibition - Artists Directory
Hedva Federman - Israel - Contact Details : www.hedva-art.com
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| Climate | Deep Earth |
International Year of planetearth 2008 Mosaic Exhibition - Artists Directory
Hedva Federman - Israel - Contact Details : www.hedva-art.com
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| Climate | Deep Earth |
Artist Statement
The sources of inspiration for my mosaic works are from the world of birds and plants, modern elements and calligraphy.
The result is a combination of innovativeness, freshness and interesting colourfulness with a touch of the ancient and sometimes modern style.
Mavis Firth - England - Contact Details : robin.firth@btinternet.com
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| Groundwater |
Artist Statement
The area in which I live is of chalk character. Front gardens are being paved at an alarming rate. Rainwater pours of the waterproofed layers. It flows down the gutters and washes into the drains and is lost to the local ground water table.
I have tried to convey the feeling of tranquillity of timeless movement beneath our feet as the slow meandering rainwater peculates down through the chalk to replenish the water table below.
The use of unglazed mosaic tiles depicts the calm non-reflecting chalk, in contrast to the silverbacked glass for the rain with the vitreous glass tiles for the land and sky.
Sylvie Foisel - France - Contact Details : lesjibos@orange.fr
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| Earth, Nest of Life (Earth&Health) | Earth, Nest of Life - Detail |
Artist Statement
Fragile, delicate and wonderful balance,
In the depth as well as beyond things
So tiny or so gigantic
Both symphony and gestation
Which permitted the apparition of Life.
A nest.
The Earth, a nest of Life,
Precious.
RESPECTING THE PLANET EARTH IS RESPECTING LIFE.
Jane Ford - England - Contact Details: g-jford@btinternet.com
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| Hotel (Megacities) |
Artist Statement
'“ THE HOTEL”
Incorporating ‘Megacites’ and ‘Drought’
Imagine that in front of this ‘Mega’ hotel is a tourist resort. Overlooking an azure blue sea, fanned by palm trees and cooled by exotic fountains, whose delicate spray evaporates into the hot atmosphere. In the luxurious suites, the tourists endlessly refresh themselves in the marbled showers. Not a thought is spent on the limited resources of water. But hidden from view, by it’s immense stucture, is a world of drought where the locals from this very beach struggle to find sufficient supplies of water for their families.
The particular proportions of my mosaic and the 3-D stucture of the Hotel were done to create maximum dramatic effect. The materials used are mixed - hand painted tiles, slate, smalti and broken china.