Mosaic Messages in a Bottle

What is a mosaic? The decorative art of creating pictures and patterns on a surface by setting small colored pieces of glass, marble or other materials in a bed of cement, plaster or adhesive Definition found at: Image found at

Mosaic Timeline 4 th c. BC Greek Mosaic Floors Floors are covered in elaborate mosaics of pictorial scenes set within borders. These designs are similar to the designs of carpet Use natural pebbles, limited to black and white for the figures As time progresses, small cubes cut from stone are used to allow a greater range in color sometimes colored glass was also used The Lion Hunt Greek pebble mosaic, detail from The Lion Hunt, from Pella, Macedonia, c. 300 bc. Image found at -

1 st c. – 3 rd c. AD Roman Empire Mosaics Pictorial images of scenes from life in and around the villa Often copied from existing patterns Piazza Armerina in Sicily, 300 AD Mosaic floors picturing lively scenes of leisure Mosaic Timeline Piazza Armerina in Sicily, 300 AD Image found at -

4 th c. AD Christian Mosaics Used mosaics to decorate church walls instead of floors Santa Maria Maggiore Built in 435 Scenes depicting the Christian Bible Narrative panels Mosaic Timeline Santa Maria Maggiore Mosaic ( accessed on 10/14/2014)

Mosaic Timeline Contemporary Philadelphia’s Magic Garden Created by Isiah Zagar a fully tiled indoor space and a outdoor mosaic sculpture garden that spans half a block on Philadelphia’s South Street hand-made tiles, and thousands of glittering mirrors a 40 year personal diary that began as a response to stress in his life Image found at

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Messages in a Bottle Timeline 310 B.C. The earliest known message in a bottle is sent by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus, one of Aristotle’s pupils, as a way of testing his hypothesis that the Atlantic Ocean flows into the Mediterranean Sea. 1500s Queen Elizabeth appoints a royal “Uncorker of Ocean Bottles” and makes the unauthorized opening of an “ocean bottle” a capital crime.

1913 A message in a bottle that reads “From Titanic. Goodbye all. Burke of Glanmire, Cork” washes ashore in Dunkettle, Ireland A bottle was sent from World War I private Thomas Hughes, who wrote a message for his wife and tossed it into the English Channel as he left to fight in France in He was killed in battle two days later.

2005 After being abandoned at sea off the coast of Costa Rica, 88 South American refugees are rescued when a fishing vessel receives their plea for help in a bottle tied to one of the boat’s fishing lines In a land-based discovery, workers near Auschwitz find a message in a bottle written by prisoners of the Nazi camp dated September 9, 1944, and bearing the names, camp numbers, and hometowns of seven men

When designing your mosaic bottle think about – Color? abstract or realistic? Pattern?

Let’s get started… 1.Today we are going to apply glass tiles to our bottles with a tile adhesive 2.Use your coffee stick and apply the adhesive to the back of the glass piece and a spot on the bottle you are placing it and then combine two pieces 3.Place glasses pieces a “pinkie” space apart. 4.When finished, carefully place it at the front of your desk and clean up your space! 5.Next, work on finishing your Under the Sea piece 6.If that is complete, come see me!