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Jerry Williams Carter: Reinterpreting the Art of Mosaic |
| Section: THE ARTS / CRAFT & DESIGN |
| Author: Jennifer Gibson |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/1987 |
| Size: 1,585 Words, 9,420 Characters |
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In the unlikely, unromantic setting of suburban Silver Spring, Maryland, Jerry Williams Carter carries on a tradition begun many centuries ago, the art of mosaic. He has transformed this ancient art by combining modern technology with the use of fabled Venetian glass to create a blend of materials and form that spans the ages. His completed mosaics do not translate paintings into stone but are original works in themselves.
The word mosaic derives from the late Greek mouseios, belonging to the nine muses (those daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory), who each presided over a different art or science. A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces such as stone or glass in mortar, mosaic is one of the oldest and most durable forms of mural decorati...
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...s to crack open at several points to reveal a gold-filled interior.
Indeed, mosaics by their very nature have a permanence denied to other art forms. The atmospheric deterioration to which paint and stone are subject will not harm the silicon holding the tesserae nor will it affect the glass. The patterns of luminous colors will remain in their same vivid condition for centuries to come.
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