Braden Smearman

The recreation of a mosaic isn’t the easiest task in the world. You have to figure out materials, shapes, colors, and size. Without using tiles, it can be difficult to accurately recreate. I decided to use beads to recreate my mosaic, as they can be easily manipulated and moved around to accurately recreate the mosaic. I will need to buy a surplus of black and white beads, as they are the two colors that make up my mosaic. An example of these beads are:

I plan on also buying a large posterboard to hold my mosaic. I will likely construct my mosaic on my dining room table, as it provides a flat surface to build on. As for the mosaic itself, I don’t plan on fully recreating the whole mosaic. I plan on focusing on the two boats and the fire pot in the middle, with the border around it. This is the main aspect of the mosaic and is the only part that can be deciphered to mean something. The patterns surrounding don’t really contribute to the story or history, as much as the main figures.

While creating the mosaic, there is one problem that I foresee. When I am placing the beads down, they can be easily messed up or scattered around on the board. This can make it difficult to recreate. I plan on countering this problem by using glue to paste down the beads to keep them in place. I will make an outline with a marker of the figures, and glue the surface of the outline. Then, just place the beads in the outline and they’ll stay in place. An article that will be in assistance to me is: https://www.ehow.com/how_7546730_create-mosaic-beads.html. I hope that my audience will be able to tell that I am trying to recreate an Ancient Roman mosaic that shows a part of history. I hope they understand that although it won’t be perfectly accurate, it’s still legible and comprehendible. Also, I hope the audience understands that I am mainly focusing on the color aspect of the mosaic. I really focused on making the colors as accurate as possible, in hopes of it looking similar.

https://www.rachelyoungart.com/?pgid=k4vlxv992-e0a806ab-d41c-4b1e-a35d-69030b3ac234

This article helped influence my mosaic because of the wide use of colors. This showed me how big of a role that color can play in the creation of a mosaic.

Recreating this mosaic will be a new experience for me, as I have not really done a project like this before. I have never been an arts and crafts kind of person, but I am excited to prepare my mosaic and try a new experience.