{"id":6396,"date":"2014-03-13T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2014-03-12T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T17:08:10","slug":"mixing-in-mosaics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/mixing-in-mosaics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing in Mosaics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This seems to be the week of mixing it up with polymer as well as intricate pieces. Here we have one of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scmosaics.com\/home.html\">Susan Crocenzi<\/a>&#8216;s amazing mosaics that includes glass as well as polymer to build up an almost textile feel to this wall piece. The mosaic has a natural rhythm and flow of materials that allows the story to unfold sincerely. As Susan explain it, &#8220;Mosaic art offers us the sweet possibility that our own crazy, disjointed life-bits can yield peace, beauty, and meaning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sucra88\/2314305170\/in\/set-72157600457742100\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/mixing-in-mosaics\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24.jpg?fit=430%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6397\" alt=\"750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24-480x480.jpg?resize=480%2C480\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/750218daf30b423ccc8700c9d21d6b24.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This California artist teaches classes at her Grass Valley studio. To view more of her mosaics and learn more about her work, visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sucra88\/\">Flickr<\/a> site. There are more beautiful examples of her mosaics on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Susan-Crocenzi\/71460499151?ref=ts\">Facebook<\/a> page. &#8220;Susan makes mosaics on steroids.&#8221; &#8211;Carol Herschieb, director of Nevada County Open Studios Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"14P1 cover Fnl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14P1-cover-Fnl-480x623.jpg?resize=133%2C173\" width=\"133\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PCW blue string art cane\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PCW-blue-string-art-cane-150x150.jpg?resize=135%2C135\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhimsicalbead.com.au\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blog2 -2014-02Feb-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Blog2-2014-02Feb-2.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This seems to be the week of mixing it up with polymer as well as intricate pieces. 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