Red Girl Mosaic Collage

Original Photograph by Nadja Berberovic: Facebook,  Instagram

Paper, fabric, raffia | 36" x 24"

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Red Girl Mosaic Collage

This mosaic was fabricated with cloth, raffia, and paper to create a work of great depth, expanding upon and trying to honor the beautiful photograph by Nadja Berberovic.

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Creation of the Red Girl Mosaic Collage

As an artist that mostly works by commission, I create mosaics of every period and style, but tend to work in architectural installations that fall into a graphic design space. This was one of the first artworks I created that was a literal interpretation of a photograph. I wanted to make it as true to the beautiful photo that inspired me as possible while adding a personal touch. I had recently collected fabric for another project, and since the model was wearing an Asian shirt, it totally made sense to cut elements of the fabric for this artwork. I was also doing a craft with kids around this time and a family friend had dropped off raffia, so I was excited to get to use this to create a 3-D element. The flower stamens look like chenille stems, but were created out of a really unusual mesh type fabric I had that I cut into strips.