Decorative Elements: Mosaic Design
Each of us wants to make his house cosy, comfortable and beautiful. We make a lot of and spend money on repair, selection of interior and furniture. Today you can hardly astound people with good repair and beautiful furniture. But you want to make your house unique so that it is distinguished.
You can decorate your house, create a truly unique interior with the help of mosaic. In Italian mosaic means “assembled from pieces”. As a kind of applied art, mosaic has been known since antiquity. Mosaic frescos and paintings were created from multi-colour pieces of wood, glass, stone or nacre, fastened with cement, wax or glue. In ancient Greece mosaic could be seen everywhere: in public buildings and private houses. In ancient Rome walls and floors of palaces, cathedrals, temples and tombs were laid with mosaic.
The invention of smalt (artificial colour glassy mass) has significantly expanded the palette of mosaic. It became possible to create mosaic pictures that were not inferior to pectoral ones. A real mosaic “boom” started.
Epochs and rulers change, but mosaic remains the richest material with artistic possibilities, universal and practical, affordable and beautiful. It is considered an “eternal” material in the history of world culture.
The Italian company “Sicis” is one of the modern producers of mosaic. It all started 20 years ago with a great desire to restore traditional mosaic. The production is located in Italy in the town of Ravenna, which has long been famous for the traditions and masters of the mosaic and has been considered an exporter of covering products and ceramics.
Today the company produces mosaic of glass, Murano smalt, marble, quartzite, travertine, gold, platinum, brass and non-rusting steel. New collections of Sicis fascinate and enchant with their beauty. The works of the company are distinguished from products of other manufacturers with more precise and small drawings, colour saturation, due to the use of natural materials, game and colour overflows (the series Glimmer and Iridium use pearly tint), more accurate and small pictures.
Metallismo is considered to be a novelty in the production of mosaic – tiles made of stainless steel and brass, which are fixed on resin to prevent metallic conductivity. Mosaic collections of Murano Smarto, Iridium, Glimmer, Waterglass are bewitching, but Metallismo is the most intriguing one. Such mosaic is suitable for floors and walls in inhabited areas, as well as for wall coating in public places, such as in the subway. The plates come in different shapes and sizes: square, with brick, ovals, diamonds, firs. This mosaic corresponds to many styles, from retro to industrial.
