Mosaic Art Experience

Mosaic Art Experience

A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assembling of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics".
Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries

Itinerary

Travelers will be picked up from their hotels or hostels by Aqabawi staff.
They will be welcomed at the studio by the Mosaic artist, who will serve attendees an Arabian coffee and give a brief introduction to the history of Mosaic art.
Travelers will learn by watching the mosaic artist demonstrate how to fill the cut and set up the stones in the right place in the wooden frame.
They will then have the experience of making their own mosaic piece of art, under the guidance of the professional mosaic artist. Then, the traveler will have the opportunity to ask the artist for their own custom-made mosaic art to take home.