Mosaic Art

Mosaic art brings small pieces together to create something extraordinary. Artists arrange coloured materials such as stone, glass, ceramic, shells or tiles into pictures, patterns and designs. These pieces, called tesserae, create texture and can catch the light in beautiful ways.

In this lesson series, we’ll explore the work of local artists and create our own paper mosaics. To finish the term, we’ll bring our ideas together to make art that celebrates who we are as a school.

Have you seen the artwork done by our local community? You can see it at MAC.

MAC yapang Pathways Project

Wreath of Nikinpa - Kawumalyikilba - Awabakal gathering place

Describe the artwork represented.

What can you see? Why?

What could it tell us?

Artwork name: Cultural Diversity

Learn more HERE

Lesson 1: What is a Mosaic?

Define the following words:

Mosaic
Tesserae

Add a little picture for each word.

Find an example of a Mosaic from each:

Such as Scotland, Iran, England, India, Asia, China, Japan

What makes a good mosaic?

LEGO Mosaic

Make a LEGO mosaic.

How did you make it? Why?

Why did you build it as you have?

What was your inspiration?

Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect and designer, born June 25, 1852 in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. He is known as the father of modernist architecture, he was inspired by natural forms, bright colors in nature, and he avoided straight lines in his designs. He also pioneered the Trencar technique of mosaic using broken pieces of tiles, which he then extensively in his Park Güell project.

Lesson 2: Using shape to tell a story.

Paper Mosaic

Lesson 2: Upcycled ART

Recycled Mosaic

We’ll create a mosaic using recycled materials such as plates, glass, plastic, tiles and ceramics. Start collecting and bringing in items we can use to create our recycled artwork.

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