By Brendan Sipes

To recreate the Parrot Pergamon mosaic, I plan on cutting small pieces of different colored construction paper and gluing them together on a separate sheet of labeled paper. To start, I would trace the mosaic onto my sheet of paper. After tracing the outline of the mosaic, I would then draw lines inside the parrot to divide where certain color construction paper will go. This would make filling in the mosaic similar to a color by number drawing and make working much more efficient than having to constantly be looking at the small image online while cutting. After, I finish drawing and labeling the parrot, I will begin cutting and gluing down the construction paper to form the parrot. After I finish, constructing the parrot, I will then finish by filling in the background.

I have chosen to make my mosaic out of construction paper because it is very accessible to me and can be easily shaped into specific pieces that I want. I am anticipating that the most challenging part about using this method will be cutting the paper into the right shapes and sizes. Making sure a piece fits into its place without overlapping or covering up other pieces may be tricky and could become tedious and frustrating.

The main aspect of the mosaic that I will be focusing on in my recreation will be the color and shape. The reason I am focusing on these aspects of the mosaic is because I want my audience to be able to see my mosaic and be able to easily identify it as a near copy of the original work. If I only cared about one aspect from the original mosaic such as, the color or using the same materials, I could easily come up with an unrecognizable blob that has no resemblance to the original work.