Art Meets Bath

Luxurious private monets await you in the one place you can assuredly and completely shut out the world- the bathroom.  At the same time, as it becomes more of a showpiece in the home, the bath is taken to a whole new level of artistic beauty with the use of mosaic tiles.

Three modes of bringing mosaics home are differentiated by cost, flexibility of materials, and degree of expert involvement. The most involved, most expensive, and perhaps most alluring method is to commission at mosaic artist to transcribe your wildest visions tile by tile.   Sonia King, who creates one of  a kind contemporary mosaics using the finest hand picked materials gathered from sources around the world :smalti, gold, marble, vitreious glass, ceramic- even shells, fossil, and semi precious stones.  The most poignant advantage to working with an artist like MS King is that she is able to mix materials and control intricate curves for enhanced texture and a more sophisticated look.. The permanent, natural materials make mosaics and easy choice for artwork in the bath since they are not damaged by humidity like a painting might be according to "King". 

Contemporary interior designer, Lee Bryan, has met a surge in demand in the last two years for the use of mosaic tiles in bathrooms.  Mosaics add warmth and texture to the bath, a room that should focus on comfort. Bryan says Interior designers like Bryan work with manufactures who create custom patterns in house, often drawing a design for their clients based on descriptions with varying degrees of detail.  An advantage of utilization the talents of an interior designer is their ability to incorporate mosaic art within the style of the entire bathroom and even use inspiration from the feel of the home itself.  Bryan draws inspiration from the great marble mosaics in the ruins of Pompeii in Italy.

If you would like to "DIY" (do it yourself), manufacturer of choice among top designers, is Bisazza www.bisazza.ch. It converts photographs and drawings into tile mosaics through a computer imaging process.  When ordering directly, three important strategies should be considered:  The more detailed the photograph or drawing submitted the larger the mosaic should be.  Increasing the size of the mosaic means proportionally increasing the viewing distance from which the mosaic is seen. The image to be translated to a mosaic sheet should be clearly defined in terms of color and shape.

Choose an experienced and skilled installer whose work with mosaics you have seen in order to avoid costly mistakes. 

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