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Virginia Gardner Mosaics |
Virginia Mosaics is the studio of artist Virginia Gardner, located in the beautiful countryside surrounding Charlottesville, Virginia. Virginia's work is noted for its intensity of color & bold use of textural elements. She creates two dimensional and sculptural pieces, incorporating a wide range of materials, from stained glass and shards of china, to found objects and natural materials such as jaspers and gemstones. |
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 Hope series, Perseverance
mixed media: amethyst, blue lace agate, citrine, red jasper, sunstone, bone, malachite, vanadinite, blue calcite, amber, kyanite, shells, smalti
10 x 10 inches  Awakening
mixed media: china, volcanic rock, yellow jasper, handmade ceramic tile, smalti
24 x 36 inches  Eternal Attracton
mosaic: china, glazed ceramic, mother of pearl, and tumbled avertine, amazonite, and marble
24 x 24 inches  All Roads Lead Somewhere
mosaic: pique assiette
12 x 12 inches
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Virginia Gardner Artist Statement: My work is all about the materials, combining diverse materials in a way that stimulates a thought or emotion. From my very first experiments with mosaic in the landscape, I recognized the power which is inherent in those materials. I became a facilitator, as the materials did their magic.
As time moves on, I find myself drawn further to textural materials and the effects which result from combinations of diverse materials. Today, my studio is visual chaos to an observer, but it is a womb for me. While I work, I am surrounded by shelves of kitsch, ceramics and glass, a wall of rocks, stone & crystals... it's a carnival of visual stimuli which is my inspiration.
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 White Noon
mosaic: hand-cut china, marble chips, snow quartz, desert roses, buffalo teeth, alligator scoots, yoka star turban
36 x 24 inches  Fall Marsh
mosaic: cut china and smalti on wedi board
18 x 24 inches  All I See is Red
mosaic: cut china and smalti on wedi board
17 x 26 inches  Earth 1
mosaic: tumbled gemstones, turquoise slabs, pottery/raku/china shards, unglazed porcelain, aquarium gravel, copper
24 x 16 inches
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