Bio
Julie is a contemporary mosaic artist, creating earth-inspired mosaic art since 2012. Her fascination with the history of mosaics led to her love of stone and smalti, a Venetian glass used in ancient mosaics throughout the Byzantine Era. These materials are hand-cut with the traditional hammer and hardie, a tool used as far back as 400 BC.
For Julie, cutting into a piece of marble, slate, or other stone is a mystifying experience. There is a timelessness and subdued beauty to this material that speaks to us without words. In our modern world, this primal simplicity invites connection back to our earth and our humanity. Through Julie's work, she hopes to bring this sense of connection into the heart of the viewer.