Please note this event has been moved to 17th July, as does not take place as originally planned on 31st May.

Mosaics: Ancient Techniques to Contemporary Art  

To mark the publication of her first book on mosaics, Helen Miles will give a presentation focusing on the ancient principles of mosaic making and their relevance to contemporary work. These principles don’t just apply to laying of the tesserae but also extend to the planning and designing of mosaics, both Roman-style and contemporary abstract pieces. The talk will touch on the concepts of sdoppiamento and andamento and will demonstrate how these concepts have been used across the centuries.  

About Helen Miles

Trained in Greece, Helen Miles is the former editor of Andamento, the journal of the British Association for Modern Mosaics. She has more than 20 years’ experience designing, making and teaching mosaics.  

Helen’s first book about mosaics, Mosaics: Ancient Techniques to Contemporary Art, will be published by White Owl press in March 2023. She is based in Edinburgh where she runs mosaic workshops as well as leading an annual residential course in Greece. 

Booking

The event will take place face to face at the London School of Mosaic.