With the Istanbul trip coming up soon, I have been thinking a good bit about mosaics and ceramics. Last summer I had a great opportunity to teach an art workshop at The American School in Switzerland at Lugano. The summer prior to that I had taken a couple of grad school courses in Italy, oil painting and art history. We had a special guest artist, Alice Gori (pronounced Aleeshay), during the oil painting course. Alice is a gifted ceramist who is often called upon by the Italian government to repair beautiful centuries old Italian ceramics pieces in historical building and collections. She made this mosaic of ceramic tiles which is on one of the walls at TASIS.
These photos are from the summer before (2012) of Alice working with us in our Boston University art studio at Borgo San Lorenzo. Her ceramic work is brilliant! I was particularly CRAZY about the gorgeous headboard she made, inserting her ceramics flowers into a natural crack in the wood. Stunning! While she makes many, many pieces that she sells in as tourist souvenirs, these photos represent the artistic talent she has and uses for custom orders, to sell in her studio and elsewhere, and really show the unique quality of her work. Just brilliant!
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| The photos, above and below, are of Alice's studio. Really enjoyed going to see this! And her family hosted us to some wonderful bruschetta and wine out on their patio. |
