Mosaic Misbehavior

 

Tammy Misbehavior creates fresh, contemporary and super hot designer mosaics. An awesome gift, the perfect addition to your interior decor at home in the bathroom, bedroom, lounge or for the office. Furniture, floors, walls, mirrors, large creative pieces and ornaments alike professionally created by a top artist. Mosaics that are practically perfect in every possible way. Your commission is created by Misbehavior on order and tailor made to your desire. Misbehavior’s creative steam and brilliant skill combined with inspiration and dedication to her trade allows her to constantly improve and expand on her experience as a true artist with a practical edge.

 

DEFINITION OF MOSAIC

 

The art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance.

 

HISTORY OF MOSAIC

 

The history of mosaic goes back some 4,000 years, with the use of terracotta cones pushed point-first into a background to give decoration. By the eighth century BC, there were pebble pavements, using different coloured stones to create patterns, although these tended to be unstructured decoration. It was the Greeks, in the four centuries BC, who raised the pebble technique to an art form, with precise geometric patterns and detailed scenes of people and animals. The expansion of the Roman Empire took mosaics further afield, although the level of skill and artistry was diluted. If you compare mosaics from Roman Britain with Italian ones you will notice that the British examples are simpler in design and less accomplished in technique. With the rise of the Byzantine Empire from the 5th century onwards, centred on Byzantium (now Istanbul, Turkey), the art form took on new characteristics. In the west of Europe, the Moors brought Islamic mosaic and tile art into the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century, while elsewhere in the Muslim world, stone, glass and ceramic were all used in mosaics. In the rest of Europe, mosaic went into general decline throughout the Middle Ages. However a flourishing tile industry led to mosaic tiling patterns in abbeys and other major religious buildings, for example. These tiles from Prior Crauden’s Chapel at Ely Cathedral date from around 1320. In the 19th century there was a revival of interest, particularly in the Byzantine style, with buildings such as Westminster Cathedral and Sacre-Coeur in Paris. The Art Nouveau movement also embraced mosaic art. In Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi worked with Josep Maria Jujol to produce the stunning ceramic mosaics of the Guell Park in the 1st 2 decades of the 20th century.

 

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MOSAIC QUOTES

 

“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” Jimmy Carter, American 39th US President 1977-81, Nobel Peace Prize 2002

 

“Music, the mosaic of the air” Andrew Marvell, English Poet, Politician and Satirist. 1621-1678

 

“LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain – grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.” Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual leader, b.1926

 

“Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.” Alice Paul, American Lawyer, Author, Founder and Social Reformer, 1885-1977

 

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CONTACT, COMMENTS & ORDERS

 

Simply complete to order form below, with as many details as possible, include your contact details and email address and Misbehavior will get back to you as soon as possible. International orders are welcome and quotes are worked out incl postage and packaging per individual order placed, pieces are uniquely handcrafted.