Color for Mosaics (8 sessions)
Adult Class | Available
Color is expressive. We see it, but we also feel it. Explore how color works and how to use it in mosaics to create specific impacts. Learn the qualities of color (hue, value, saturation) and how they interact and affect each other. Understand how our eyes perceive and mix color and how to use grayscale to see color more clearly. Discuss the emotional impacts of color and use a variety of color combinations to create a range of sensations. Discover the special way color works in mosaics due to the unique relationship between interstizi (spaces, grout lines) and tesserae (tiles, shards, pieces).
To quote color theorist Josef Albers, "And in the end, the study of color is the study of ourselves."
What You Will Learn: - The expressive qualities of color, including hue, value, and saturation - How colors interact and influence one another in design - Techniques for using grayscale to better perceive and evaluate color - The emotional and psychological impacts of color in artwork - How to create a range of effects using different color combinations - How color functions uniquely in mosaics through the relationship of tesserae and grout spaces
Claire Brill
Claire Brill is a professional mosaic artist who works out of her home studio in Media, PA. After creating dozens of large-scale community mosaics Claire now focuses on her individual artistic voice and teaches at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Her years of study at The Chicago Mosaic School have included mentorship by world renowned mosaicists. Claire creates contemporary fine art employing the essence of mosaic, material properties and the relationship of pieces to each other, to express meaning in her abstract work. She loves the infinite possibilities for interplay between materials and composition. Drawing from her own growth journey, Claire expresses moments of emotion and physical sensation in powerful yet subtle and sensitive ways.