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Roman mosaics at the Museum of Langres

16 August 2023

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

A travel and design guide to mosaics. For the past 5 years, I have been visiting Roman mosaics in France and other countries. I reproduced many of their designs and shared some of them with you. Little by little, I came to think I might one day write a sort…

Spring mosaics

20 March 2023

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Spring does not seem to be in a hurry to show up… So I thought sharing a few Roman mosaics depicting her might warm us up ! Yorkshire museum The Romans loved to represent the four seasons as persons. Usually they would come with plants or occupations characteristic of the…

Carole & Philippe HUORT’s testimonial

22 January 2023

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Testimonials, Unclassified

Testimonial of Carole & Philippe, two happy collectors : We recently moved down to Provence, and having a drink by the pool has become one of our favorite routines! 🍸🍷🍹 We needed a table worthy of these little pleasures, and Frédéric came to our rescue! We gave him carte blanche…

Happy New Year

31 December 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified

Happy New Year Y’all ! Bringing you this lovely 4th century Greek mosaic from Halicarnassus, Turkey, with my best wishes of “Health, Life (Longevity), Joy, Peace, Contentment (Good Cheer), Hope”. I have been quite busy working on the new house, lots of improvement to make in this 200 years old…

Black swimmer mosaic

25 November 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, How to Mosaic, Process

The black swimmer mosaic (mosaique au nageur noir) was discovered in August 1991, at the intersection of rue Général-Perrier with rue Auguste in Nimes, France. Black swimmer mosaic, Musée archéologique de Nîmes A black swimmer and dolphin the main figurative part of this mosaic are the black silhouettes of a…

Carlos Maratta - The Rape of Europa CA 1680

Mosaic model : How I built the Lullingstone Europa Mosaic – Part I.

27 October 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, How to Mosaic

Making the mosaic model of the Lullingstone mosaic In this article, I am going through the various stages of designing the actual mosaic model for a reverse method mosaic. I built the Lullingstone Europa mosaic in late 2021. It was the first mosaic I built in France after I moved…

watercolor of a mosaic found at Cieutat, displyed at the Elusa museum

Mosaic Trip – July 2022

4 August 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, Mosaics, Resources, Trips & Visits

A few times a year I take a mosaic trip. There’s of course plenty to see around the Roman Empire. Roman Empire in 117 AD But for the past 3 years, I stayed in France and Germany. Last July I delivered my Ariadne and Dionysos mosaic in Provence. I had…

Merry Summer Solstice to you’all

21 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

To celebrate Summer Solstice I curated a few mosaic personifications of Summer ! Because agriculture was the main source of wealth in Rome, the 4 seasons were a favourite theme of Roman mosaics. Four Horae (Seasons) usually decorated the corners of a main mosaic Winter (Latin Hiems – Greek Cheimon)…

The Gallo-Roman mosaic of Doulaincourt

13 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, References, Resources

A Gallo_Roman mosaic discovered by a railroad company employees In 1887, during construction work on a railway line, the remains of a villa and a gallo-roman mosaic were discovered in Doulaincourt, Haute marne. Local archaeologists visited the site. Here below is the report of their investigations: The Société Générale des…

Work in Process, May 2022

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

Since I’ve moved back to the Holy land of France about 8 month ago, the only mosaics of mine I shared in this blog are my little Ukrainian flag mosaics. (BTW, I mounted 3 more of them yesterday along the river’s bank! :)) I did not give up ! Please…

Carole & Philippe HUORT’s testimonial

22 January 2023

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Testimonials, Unclassified

Happy New Year

31 December 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified

Mosaic model : How I built the Lullingstone Europa Mosaic – Part I.

27 October 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, How to Mosaic

Mosaic Trip – July 2022

4 August 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, Mosaics, Resources, Trips & Visits

Work in Process, May 2022

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

Art Deco mosaics in Saint Quentin, France

7 August 2021

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, Mosaics, Trips & Visits

Art Deco at the Buffet de la Gare The Buffet de la Gare in Saint Quentin in Northern France was built right after WWI in the Art Deco Style. Art Deco, a movement that developed in reaction after the horrors of the war that devastated northern France, is mostly found…

Mosaic Models

15 February 2021

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified, Works in Process

You can’t build mosaics ? Draw mosaic models ! MosaicBlues moves to France After 30 years in Alabama, I decided to move back to France. there are many reasons for this move, but my granddaughter Rose is the most important ! Rose ! And then of course there are also…

MosaicBlues at East River

14 March 2020

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Wearable Mosaics

MosaicBlues scarves are at East River I am so honored East River now carries some of my creations, beside the works of so many other talented artists and craftsmen. For the past 5 years I have been traveling the late Roman empire to study, research and document Roman mosaics, with…

March at MosaicBlues

29 February 2020

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio

March in Rome Martius was the first month of the early Roman calendar. The original Roman year consisted of 10 months and counted 304 days followed by an unnamed winter period which length was not clearly defined. This calendar, borrowed from the Greeks, was introduced around 700 BC by Romulus,…

February

7 February 2020

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

The original Roman calendar had only 10 months, and February was not one of them ! March the first month of the year and December (Latin decem=10) the last. This calendar was based on both lunar and solar cycles and was not accurate. It included extra days or month when…

Roman mosaics at the Museum of Langres

16 August 2023

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Happy New Year

31 December 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified

Black swimmer mosaic

25 November 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, How to Mosaic, Process

Mosaic model : How I built the Lullingstone Europa Mosaic – Part I.

27 October 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, How to Mosaic

Work in Process, May 2022

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

Squares and Octagons on a Daphne mosaic.

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

I am reverting this week to publishing the geometric mosaic models I have been drawing for the past year ! A geometric mosaic medallion from Daphne The mosaic model of this week 20 (May 19 to 25) is a drawing (actually a set of drawings) I made of an intricate…

Week 14 Mosaic Model : Lugdunum 05

4 April 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

The 5th medallion of the great Lugdunum mosaic The mosaic model of this week 14 (April 2 to April 8) is my drawing of the 5th medallion of the great geometric mosaic at Lugdunum. The great geometric mosaic. The great Lugdunum mosaic hosted in Gallo-Roman museum at the top of…

Week 13 Mosaic model : Libyan Oryx

30 March 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 13 (March 28 to April 3) is a drawing of a pet Oryx antelope mosaic. The original mosaic was a square medallion from the floor mosaic of the Eastern Church of the ancient town of Theodorias, a roman…

Ukrainian Flag mosaic

14 March 2022

Frédéric LECUT

How to Mosaic, Life around the Studio, Technical Videos

How to make your own Ukrainian flag mosaic Like most of you I am extremely saddened and appalled by the war putin is waging agains Ukraine, at the massacre of civilians, children, women… I sent some money to the Red Cross. But beside that, what can an artist do ?…

Week 10 mosaic model : an Antelope mosaic from Cyrenaica

7 March 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 10 (March 7 to March 13) is a drawing of an pet antelope mosaic. The original mosaic was a square medallion from the floor mosaic of the Eastern Church of the ancient town of Theodorias, a roman town…

Roman mosaics at the Museum of Langres

16 August 2023

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Spring mosaics

20 March 2023

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Happy New Year

31 December 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Life around the Studio, Unclassified

Black swimmer mosaic

25 November 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, How to Mosaic, Process

Mosaic Trip – July 2022

4 August 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, Mosaics, Resources, Trips & Visits

Merry Summer Solstice to you’all

21 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

The Gallo-Roman mosaic of Doulaincourt

13 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, References, Resources

Work in Process, May 2022

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

Squares and Octagons on a Daphne mosaic.

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

Week 18 mosaic model : A deer stomping a snake.

2 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic drawing of this week 18 (May 2 to May 8) is my drawing of a mosaic showing Deer (or a stag) stomping and biting a snake.. The original mosaic was a square medallion from the floor mosaic of the Eastern Church of…

Ukrainian Flag mosaic

14 March 2022

Frédéric LECUT

How to Mosaic, Life around the Studio, Technical Videos

Zellige mosaics

25 January 2019

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Technical Videos

A tradition dating back 12 centuries Zellige is the name given to the ornate and colourful mosaics that can be admired in many elegant buildings around North Africa and the Middle East. Temple Mount mosque in Jerusalem The craft originated in Fez, Morocco, in the late 8th century and it…

Mounting a Mosaic on Wood.

27 May 2018

Frédéric LECUT

How to Mosaic, Technical Videos

Ancient mosaics were directly built or mounted on stone and concrete substrates. I usually mount my mosaics on framed concrete boards, Hardi Backer in the USA and Vedi boards in Europe. I glue the mosaics on their support with thinset mortar and later fill up the gap between the tesserae…

How to Mosaic : Create a Grayscale Mosaic Model on your computer

14 February 2018

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, How to Mosaic, Technical Videos

In 2017 I created this mosaic portrait : Claire’s Mosaic Portrait I described the way this mosaic was actually built in my post : “Claire’s Portait” As I was using my Opus Pixellatum technique, I created a specific model by pixellizing my original picture : The cropped…

Double color simulations on Asian Face mosaic model

How to Mosaic : Color Simulations on Opus Pixellatum model

5 February 2018

Frédéric LECUT

How to Mosaic, Technical Videos

Opus Pixellatum is an amazingly versatile way to create mosaics. From one model the mosaicist can create many different mosaics. The possibilities are practically unlimited. Variations can be as basic as a systematic change of colors (Gray to Bluescale for example) to much more sophisticated manipulations involving other mosaic techniques…

Mosaics look better in Videos

12 December 2017

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Others, Technical Videos

Mosaics reflect light in a unique way Because they are not perfectly level, each one of the many tiles composing a mosaic reflects the light at a very different angle. That’s the magic of mosaics. Under an ideal light, they act like a Mirror ball ! Mirror ball – technically…

Mosaic Show : The Eyes are the Mirror of the Soul

27 July 2020

Frédéric LECUT

Events, Shows & Events

Don’t miss the Grand opening of my Mosaic Show ! On Next Saturday August 8, at 2:00 pm I will officially open my next mosaic show : “The eyes are the mirror of the Soul” at Mural City Coffee Company on Foster Street downtown Dothan 40 mosaics displayed, some never…

Yezidi Mosaics in DC

20 October 2019

Frédéric LECUT

Events, Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Shows & Events

A genocide. When ISIS started their eradication campaign against the Yezidi people in 2014 they murdered a great number of boys and men and systematically enslaved and raped women and girls. Several hundreds of them are still missing. Many Yezidi escaped the terror by trekking through arid lands and became…

The Art of Mosaic

15 August 2019

Frédéric LECUT

Shows & Events

I am very pleased to announce that my work will be featured at The Peanut Gallerie From next August 22nd onto September 28th While “The Art of Mosaics” will of course feature many of my mosaics, some of them never seen until now, you will also be able to see,…

Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition

25 May 2019

Frédéric LECUT

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, Shows & Events

One of my mosaics has been selected to show at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts The 43rd Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition will be held June 1 through July 21, 2019. Carola is one of about 100 pieces selected to appear in the show, I feel very honored to…

A Liquid Mosaic

5 October 2018

Frédéric LECUT

Community Projects, Shows & Events

2009 – a liquid mosaic In 2009, Alyson Lyons created in Australia a liquid mosaic portrait of Mona Lisa. I reported the event in my previous blog post : Mona Lisa mosaic created with cups of coffee. Mona Lisa liquid mosaic, Sydney, Australia, 2009 3,604 cups of coffee and 564…

9 individual mosaics realized during the workshop

Fun at Bee Auburn Mosaic Seminar

30 June 2018

Frédéric LECUT

Classes & Seminars

Introductory Mosaic Seminar Many participants enjoyed building their first mosaic at the Bee Auburn Mosaic Seminar last Friday June 22, 2018 at the beautiful Auburn Arboretum. Texas Red Star Hibiscus at Auburn Arboretum We had set up tables under the pavilion for the seminar due to start at 5:00…

Bee Auburn Mosaic Seminar

15 June 2018

Frédéric LECUT

Classes & Seminars, Community Projects, Shows & Events

Bee Auburn Mosaic Workshop I will be leading a mosaic workshop during the next Bee Auburn event from 5:30 to 7:30 pm next Friday, June 22nd at the Donald E. Davis Arboretum in Auburn, Alabama. Participants will build a 6×6″ mosaic on fiberglass mesh and take it home where they…

Roman mosaics at the Museum of Langres

16 August 2023

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Spring mosaics

20 March 2023

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources, Trips & Visits

Mosaic Trip – July 2022

4 August 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, Mosaics, Resources, Trips & Visits

Merry Summer Solstice to you’all

21 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

The Gallo-Roman mosaic of Doulaincourt

13 June 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Discovery, History & Archeology, References, Resources

Squares and Octagons on a Daphne mosaic.

16 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

Week 18 mosaic model : A deer stomping a snake.

2 May 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

Standardization in Roman mosaics

25 April 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

The standardization of Roman mosaics I publish every week a model of a Roman or Byzantine mosaic, A few weeks ago I published a drawing of the 6th square medallion of the great geometric mosaic of the Lugdunum museum. the 6th medallion, Great geometric mosaic , Lugdunum This medallion is…

Week 16 mosaic model : Lugdunum 06

19 April 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

The 6th medallion of the great Lugdunum mosaic The mosaic model of this week 16 (April 18 to 24) is my drawing of the 6th medallion of the great geometric mosaic at Lugdunum. The great geometric mosaic. The great Lugdunum mosaic is displayed in the Gallo-Roman museum at the top…

Week 15 mosaic model : Ducks, Fish & Lotus

11 April 2022

Frédéric LECUT

History & Archeology, Resources

From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 15 (April 11 to April 17) is my drawing of Nilotic landscape featuring some Ducks, Fish and Lotus. The original mosaic was a square medallion from the floor mosaic of the Eastern Church of the ancient town of Theodorias,…

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