By: Connor Bravo

Recreating the Parrot Pergamon mosaic will be a pretty fun but also tough task that will definitely look stunning in the end. Thinking about the materials to use to recreate it was also a little hard because of how many options there are you can use. The materials I have chosen is crayons, markers, and a decently-sized canvas. I have chosen to use crayons, because I thought to melt them using something like a hairdryer to get that cool looking spread effect of the crayon. The crayons would give a beautiful color to the parrot and make it look really cool. I have chosen markers so that I can outline where those melted crayons will melt so it just doesn’t look like a big blob of color. Using a canvas instead of a full piece of paper will make the mosaic look pretty big especially since I have a lot of crayons here and have nothing else to do with them. I will design this mosaic in my basement, because that is where all of my art supplies are and that is where most of the room will be. It’s also very cold down there so I hope that will cool down the crayons so that they dry quicker.

The main aspects of the mosaic that I will be focusing on is the color of the mosaic and achieving that original look of the bird. I want the color really to pop out of this mosaic recreation. I also want it to look very similar to the original with a little twist. Some problems that might come up is how long it will take for the crayons to melt and how long they will actually dry. Also, not making a mess with all of this is an issue. I hope the audience will be able to see how much hard work I put into this mosaic, how mosaics can still be recreated today in many different ways, and how something like this mosaic can influence next generations of art. I really want the audience to focus on how the colors pop and how each color blends in with each other to make it look really nice. I also want them to focus on which colors I use and where I put each color so that the recreation can look like the original mosaic. I used to be an artist and draw a lot. Doing this project might get me back into art and start doing stuff like this again. My dad is also an artist so I could get some tips from him while doing this. Many other artists still create mosaics too. This one artist doesn’t melt the crayons but still creates mosaics using them: https://youtu.be/VQm0X8yzHA8

Recreating this mosaic will be a challenge but a fun one that I am excited to take on. I think that the outcome of this will be really cool and I’m glad to be sharing it with the class.

Works Cited:

https://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/articles/white-lake-woman-debuts-as-worlds-first-melted-crayon-fine-artist/

http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/english/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/pergamon-photos-02-012.html