The New Shipment
has arrived! I have unpacked over half a tonne of smalti
including some new goodies, and also restocking those items that
were sold out or getting low.
A new
light mango
has increased the standard palette of individual colours up to 54,
but as most have different hues and texture on each side that
represents over 100 different tones. Two new blends,
Ocean and
Fleshtone,
mean that we now have 16 different mixes. As these are supplied by
the Perdomo factory they include many more colours than are in my
standard range, increasing the possibilities for colour gradation. A
new mango adds to the
iridescent
range - we now have 9 luminous iridescent colours.
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Five new
golds
complete the new additions in this shipment: three copper,
one blue (azul) and one yellow gold.
The dark
copper gold is on a smoky dark brown glass substrate. All
the other golds are backed with a blue tinted glass.The blue
tint reacts with the yellow colour of the gold to produce a
green tinge when the gold tesserae are turned gold-side
down.
These golds are all faced with a
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All our smalti and other glass
products are sourced directly from the Perdomo factory in Mexico.
Perdomo introduced smalti to the Americas over 60 years ago. Their
products are steeped in the tradition of Byzantine mosaics and used by
contemporary mosaic artists worldwide.
This month's smalti mosaic is by David
Humphreys,
71cm x 71cm, 'Into the Black Vortex (of
Despair)'.
The Mosaic
Association of Australia and New Zealand, /span>
MAANZ,
is a non-profit organisation promoting the mosaic art form and
professional and hobby mosaicists through exhibitions, workshops,
mentorships and other community based activities. They also hold a
biennial symposium. See their website
maanz.org
for details. If you are not already a member and would like to be
kept in touch with their exhibitions, workshops and other activities
then please add your name to their 'friends of MAANZ' database by
emailing your name, state and email address to
treasurer@maanz.org.
David
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