During this masterclass, Paulina will guide your imagination to create a relief mosaic, all in slate (Dutch: leisteen). You will cut, break and chip old slate tiles to extract their beauty and compose a contemporary mosaic. You will have a 20cm x 30cm rectangle to express your creativity.
Each piece of slate will be cut with a professional nipper or an electric tile wet saw and then sticked with coloured mortar.
Please remember to bring your smile and an old T-shirt or apron.
Paulina Okurowska is an artist, and mosaicist since 2010. She graduated from ENSAMAA Olivier de Serres Applied Art and Craft School in Paris and Sorbonne for plastic art and aesthetics. She works mainly with private clients, art galleries, art trades, and public spaces. She was awarded the Fondation Banque Populaire winner and was pleased to be the Craft Ambassador for Pays de la Loire region in 2017. For two years, she works in Brittany, where she is constantly amazed by the western light and this magical stone that is slate. “I’m very happy for the opportunity to share some of my art secrets, my techniques, and especially to show you that black is light and shiny.”
Slates generously provided by Pronk Bouw.