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My client asked me to direct a work­shop project lead­ing her fam­ily and friends in mak­ing mosaics. We worked together on a gor­geous sum­mer day to build this wall of mosaic fish out­side their beau­ti­ful house on the water­front in Sooke BC.

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I started this com­mis­sion with a gen­eral musi­cal and instru­men­tal theme. My client gave me carte blanche but know­ing him and his fam­ily well influ­enced my choice of direc­tion. Blue was cer­tain, shape and per­spec­tive emi­nent and see­ing the “Picasso: Gui­tars, 1912–1914″ show at the Museum of Mod­ern Art in New York City gave this piece its final form. I found and applied some 1970s decals and embossed some pieces of the mosaic with a wood grain pat­tern to sym­bol­ize the organic ori­gin of the instru­ments in their con­tem­po­rary environment.

Hand-built mosaic by Isa Sevrain. Dimen­sions: 22x50 inches. 2011. Sold/private collection.

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I designed and installed mosaic-encircled mir­rors in this bath­room in a Moor­ish style.

Here are some pho­tos from this project…

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I designed this mosaic instal­la­tion around the Japanese-style tub in this small bath­room. See the short video and check out some pho­tos from before and after.

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Jim Kragtwyk com­mis­sioned “On the Move” from me for his coun­sel­ing practice.

See the video from the first view­ing of this ‘man­dala’. Here are also some  pho­tos of this mosaic in process.

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I worked closely with my clients to design, hand-build and install two large mosaic pieces in alcoves on either side of the entrance foyer stair­case in their home on Beach Drive in Vic­to­ria BC.

At the request of my clients, I cre­ated a land­scape where Taos, New Mex­ico, and Tus­cany meet in a dance of oppo­si­tion. The reds and greens con­front and com­ple­ment each other while veils and beads of blues accen­tu­ate by cool­ing the fire of this dream landscape.

Here are more pho­tos from this project…

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“Rhap­sody for Mar­garita” is a sophis­ti­cated piece of folk art about jazz bass gui­tar, the coun­try­side of Saint Peters­burg and the Mas­ter and Mar­garita by Bulgakov.

Hand-built mosaic by Isa Sevrain. Dimen­sions: 24x37 inches. 2009. Sold/private collection.

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This Bud­dha was com­mis­sioned to be a wed­ding gift for a cou­ple who shared a strong spir­i­tual com­mit­ment and dif­fer­ent reli­gious beliefs. They wanted a piece of art to remind them that it is pos­si­ble “to keep it together,” to stay together despite the tur­moil, strug­gle and dif­fer­ences that life brings.  I tried to give to their piece a grounded and solid sense of cohe­sive­ness as I inte­grated the sym­bols of their indi­vid­u­al­ity.  The Bud­dha is at the cen­tre of the image, anchored in a pow­er­ful life stream.

Here are some pho­tos of the project

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A back­splash for a bathroom.

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I enjoyed work­ing with ceramic tiles to craft this mosaic table for my clients.

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