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Art Centers I Work With

Durham Arts Council — Durham, NC

Jordan Hall Arts Center — Cary, NC

Artspace Visual Art Center — Raleigh, NC

The ArtsCenter of Carrboro — Carrboro, NC


Galleries

Bull City Art and Frame Comany — A really cool gallery in the Brightleaf district of Durham, NC. You can find some of my pieces in their gallery.



Online Galleries

Juried Online Arts Festival — "Where collectors turn for handmade contemporary fine arts and crafts on the www."

Saatchi Gallery — "The World's Interactive Art Gallery."

Best Buy Online — Best buy directory for buying everything. Only high quality merchants listing.


Suppliers

Wits End — Under new management, Kim Wozniak in Wisconsin. Kim is the exclusive wholesale and retail distributor of my Grout Elf, in addition to the other great products she carries. (And a really cool person.)

Smalti.Com — This is another Kim Wozniak business and specializes in smalti glass and tools.

Glass Mosaic Tile Art — Learn to make lovely glass mosaic tile art. View a wonderful mosaic gallery of diverse pieces for ideas and inspiration. Find mosaic supplies, mosaic patterns, and other mosaic resources.

John Bridge Ceramic Tile — Great site for ceramic supplies and installation tips.

Mosaic Mercantile — Large online supply of tools and materials.

Mosaic Tile Arts — Specializing in glass and tools.

Mosaic Art Supply — A lot of interesting mosaic materials to choose from.

Susan Jablon Mosaics — Some of the most beautiful and unique Glass Mosaic Tile, Stainless Steel Tile, and River Stone.

Mosaic Art Source — Canadian supplier of mosic tools and supplies.

Cyclops Mosaic Shop — Supplies and pictures of work from other mosaic artists.

Your Mosaic — We manufacture custom mosaics for home and business applications. Submit your digital picture to our site and we will build your custom mosaic design.

Mosaic Supply — Supplying Colorful Vintage Italian Glass Tile, Smalti, Tumbled Glass, China and Pottery Tesserae, Ceramic Tile, Tools, & Classes...

NASCO — (National Art Supply Company),

Mosaics with Rupa — Rupa is a mosaic artist, teacher and supplier in Georgia.

Anima Ceramic Tile and Mosaic Design — handmade relief tiles and custom mosaic panels

Custom Mosaic — Suppliers of discount vitreous mosaic tile, mini tiles, Ashland mosaic tile, kits, custom commissions, and accessories. Over 100 items to choose from. Based in Philadelphia, PA.

Mosaic Mercantile — Wholesaler and online retailer of artist quality mosaic tile, tools, kits and accessories.

Mosaic Age — Specializes in selling quality wrought iron table bases, specifically made for mosaic applications. They offer coffee tables, plant stands, bistro table bases, and more.

Mosaic Tools— Here's a supplier who sells ceramic tile in hard to get colors and small quantities as well as many many other useful mosaic supplies. Gina is also a very talented artist. Ask me about student discounts!

Mosaic Basics — Another great supplier located in Atlanta, GA. Carries ceramic and glass tiles, glass shapes, tools and more.

The Grout Dye Company — Sells grout stain / colorant on-line @ wholesale prices. Grout colorants are used in the tile industry for recoloring cementitious grouts. These colorants work well for recoloring mosaics. Based in NY.

Mosaics By Maria — Another great supplier based in NC.

Mosaiclegs — Mosaiclegs, specializing in mosaic murals for swimming pools and mural in commerical and residential application we also carry vitreous mosaic tile and tools..

Craft It Yourself Mosaic Supplies — Canadian-based source for vitreous glass tile, genuine Italian smalti, glass gems and other mosaic supplies.

PAPOOLA'S MOSAIC TILES * HOME & GARDEN DECOR — Offering a wide variety of mosaic supplies, including handmade ceramic, glass & mirror tiles & grout. Plus a great selection of home & garden decor items.

Mosaic Station — This site offers beautiful tumbled art glass in stunning colors; perfect for glass on glass mosaics. Also see her new 3/8" glass tiles in more than 50 colors and her 3/4" irridized and gold glass tiles! In addition, an unusual selection of seashells from around the world are ideal for seashell mosaics or mixing with 'beach glass' and/or tile for special effects.

Oddly Enough Mosaics — A mosaic resource site with great supplies! Glass, ceramic and tools and a great community!

Stone Tile Depot — The online store for Granite tile, granite flooring, marble tile, marble flooring, marble mosaic, slate tile, slare flooring, travertine tile, travertine floor, travertine floor tile and more.

Serenity Place — Serenity Place is a supplier as well as gallery and class stuido. They offer the wonderful Tile Cutting Box, which anyone who doesn't have their own work space should consider owning. They do not have a web site, but you can contact them at info@serenityplacegallery.com and by fax: 909-585-3336.

Mosaic the World — New source for unique handmade mosaic art tiles located in Virginia, MN. Free Shipping on orders over $75.

Mosaic Smalti — US Distributor of Orsoni smalti and 24k gold, Lynn Moor, Owner. Lynn also teaches one and two-day intensive classes at her Cape Cod studio.

Square Mosaics — Offers glass tiles at discount. Runs specials frequently.

Mosaic Surfaces — Offers over 90 designs of mosaic surfaces.

Choice Fountains, Fine Quality Water Fountains — The premiere online store for fine quality water fountains at an affordable price. Free shipping and secure online shopping. Includes Gemstone, Tabletop, Ocean, Waterfall and Floor water fountains.

Renaissance Mosaics — Vitreous tiles, supplies amd resources.


Artist's Sites

Brett Campbell Mosaics

Manzella Mosaics Web site of mosaic artist, Craig Tockman, who currently lives in Italy and is studying ancient mosaics.

Hilltop MosaicsBrowse and enjoy their unique hand-crafted MOSAIC ART.

Sonia KingSonia is a wonderful mosaic artist from Texas who not only teaches, but has a book coming out this year (hopefully).

Ken KnowltonKen's work is truely amazing. He uses his mathematics background to create computer programs that recreate portraits from dice, dominoes, shells, baseball cards, and other cool stuff.

Annette CossentineAnnette is a mosaic artist from Charlotte, NC, who specializes in "old world" mosaics.

Maxine's MosaicsMaxine is a mosaicist from Michigan who has been featured on HGTV.

Weird GardensWeb site of Balitmore artist, Timmie Daugherty.

Paja van Dyck - Art & EmotionContemporary oil and acrylic paintings, mosaics and objects which are inspired by the world around her, passion and emotion.

Gemini Moon MosaicsFormerly called Bella Celio Designs by CT mosaicist, Jeanine Molnar. Fun retro mirrors and custom designs.

Broken Art MosaicsMosaic business of Angela Benbow of Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Major MosaicsAustin TX artist, Suzan Germond's mosaic website. Very interesting artwork.

LiveMosaicsFunctional mosaic sculpture and murals by David Peroff.

Summer Tree MosaicsVirgina artist, Jessica Wilbur.

Mobley and Company (Spirit Seekers)Installation art of Larry J. Mobley.

Zetamari Mosaic ArtworksAngie Heinrich's website of mosaic artwork.

Pique AssietteWebsite of Hudson, NY artist and business person, Jean Stoler. Jean has a store in Hudson and sells wholesale and custom work.

Irina CharnyWhimsical artwork of Irina Charny.

Vicki Hardin Clay Art Pottery — Clay artist based in Texas. Her site has a wonderful Web Guide to other clay artists including mosaic artists.

Ladybug Hill MosaicsLadybug Hill features the glass mosaic work of Dawnmarie Zimmerman. Discover her unique Mosaic Candle Shelters, Vases and Home Accessories. Browse Dawnmarie's project diaries in the "Behind the Mosaic" section and explore the world of Contemporary Mosaics in her Link Directory.

RosenowdesignsOriginal stained glass artwork, plus info on Ron's appearance on HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast.

Gila MosaicsFine art mosaics for in and out of doors. Gila is another alum of HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast.

Simple Mosaics
Site of Laura K. Aiken, mosaic artist.

Bit by Bit Mosaics
Site of mosaic artists, Shawn Newton (creator of the '05 SAMA Juried Show Member's Choice Award) and Vikram Nath in Wallingford, CT.

Maverick Mosaics
Website of Bonnie Fitzgerald in Oakton, Va.

Mosaic Studio and Gallery, LLC
Site of aritist Jane Duryea-O'Donnell. Located in Gladstone, NJ. <

Startlap
Collection of links related to mosaics created by Helga Veigl of Hungary.

Mudhouse Studio
Founded by artist Karen Ami, Mudhouse Studios host exhibits and classes in Chicago, IL.

Mosaic Atlas
A global gallery of mosaic installations.

One Maker
Releasing Afghan women from poverty Through OneMaker's Mosaic Portraits Project, Afghan women are earning income to support their families and fuel their dreams, whether to get an education or start a micro-enterprise. The mosaic portraits are original, one-of-a-kind artworks featuring an Afghan woman's face. They are made of thousands of tiny pieces of marble, a natural resource in Afghanistan.

France Garrido
The visionary art of France Garrido. Collages and mosaics inspired by nature and spirit. Truely unique.

John Bridge
The ultimate DIY website! Includes a fabulous mosaic tour page. A "must bookmark" page!

Faducci
Unbelieveable culptures in cement, steel and mosaic. Featured in several popular mosaic books.

Blue Lotus Arts
Website of Canadian artist, Nicala Swiednicki. Personalized art pieces with a yogic style and classes.

Reclamation Studios
The mosaic studio site of Wits End owner, Kim Wozniak. Site contains Kim's custom, commission and class info.

Mosaic The World
Very interesting pieces from around the world.

Mother Nature Mosaics
Site of Durham mosaic artist, Jeannette Brossart. Earth-inspired mosaics for the home.

Durham Artists (various media)

Andria Linn Fine ArtBeautiful paintings by Andria Linn-Dunlap. Here's a description of her work: Her work is honest and pure, combining optimism with color, creating pieces that bring geniune pleasure to her audiences.

MK DesignUnique hand-crafted jewelry by Mirinda Kossoff. inspired by nature and

 FabricatrixJewelry designs by Alisand Swanson. inspired by nature andSandy is PMC (precious metal clay) ceritfied and a member of the PMC Guild.

 Kimberly WheatonNature-inspried paintings, spirit houses, and custom and residential murals.


 

Sources for Designs

Stained Glass Patterns.comlarge selection of shared patterns and link to computer enlarging software for patterns.

Warner-CrevellaroWarner-Crevellaro, offers 159 free patterns.

Mosaic Creator Computer software for converting pictures and other sources into mosaic patterns.

Helicadesigns — Clearing house of designs. Information About Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Web Design.


Professional Organizations

SAMA(Society of American Mosaic Artists) SAMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and promoting excellence in mosaic fine art.

BAMM(British Association for Modern Mosaics)— BAMM is here to promote, encourage and support excellence in contemporary mosaic art, and to raise public awareness of modern mosaic art through exhibitions, publications, events and related educational activities.

DAG(Durham Art Guild)— A non-profit, member-driven organization with the primary mission of operating a visual arts gallery that features the work of regional artists.

Women in Tilean online collection of antique and contemporary mosaics and art tiles which celebrate the feminine spirit.

Mosaic Matters The online magazine for all things mosaic.

Mosaic Artists.org Incredible Yahoo newsgroup of mosaicists of all levels. A wealth of information and support.



Photographers (slide work)

Diane Amato Excellent web site if your looking to have some of your projects photographed... This is the person I trust to take slides of my work that I send to shows. She also is a great web developer


Web Development

Cat and Mouse GraphixBusiness of  web designer, Leah Friedman.

 

 

 
 
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