‘Carnevale a Venezia’ – Irinia Charny mosaic
‘Serenading Gustav’
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Ceramic, glass and bead mosaics :
Irinia Charny came to the USA in 1975 and is currently based in Irving, California. She studied various artistic disciplines ranging from large scale soft sculpture to polymer clay, to flameworked glass. Later on she worked as a computer programmer and librarian. She stumbled into the mosaic arts when she decided to redecorate an earthquake damaged fireplace with a mosaic design. Fortunately this blossomed into a full time career where she now creates mosaic panels, mirrors, decorative objects, and murals.
” As a child growing up in Russia, even before I knew they were called mosaics, I created collages from pieces of broken glass found in the street, rocks, paper, seashells, and bits of crockery. Through the years I tried various media for artistic expression but have now returned to my origin — mosaics. This medium gives me a chance to explore color, shape, and texture, to experiment with different materials, and satisfy the passion to integrate unrelated small bits into a single work of art. “
‘Byzantine Trio’
Irina is a self-taught mosaicist who is inspired by the rich history of the medium and strives to build a unique and personal art form on a base of classical mosaics. She draws her inspiration from music, dance, nature, myths, legends, fairy tales, stories, poems, nightmares, hopes, desires, fears, jokes, fantasies, and other flights of the imagination. The themes of Irina’s mosaics range from the lyrical to the whimsical. Each of her pieces has the innate ability to draw you into her rich worlds of beauty and intricate detail.
“In addition to traditional mosaic tesserae, I incorporate unusual materials in my work including mirror, pebbles, found objects, beads, buttons, wire, handmade ceramic pieces, and broken plates. I never return home empty handed from a walk on the beach or a trip. Beach glass, pebbles from a path on Hampstead Heath, broken glass from a studio in Seattle, a bit of bone found on the shore are special little bits that are inserted into each mosaic to give it a special, personal meaning.”
‘If it ain’t Baroque don’t fix it…’
‘Couple’
‘Journey II’
‘Siren’s Song’
‘Blue Bird’
‘Rain’
( glass,gold,beads )
Mosaic ‘Kitchen Rug’
‘The Fan’
( mosaic with glass, gold, porcelain )
‘Journey III’
‘Companions’
( glass, porcelain, millefiori, gold, beads )
2006
‘New Hat’
( glass, gold, beads, millefiori )
‘Ancient airs and dances II’
Irinia Charny
‘Red Yellow Flower’
‘Ancient Airs And Dances’
( lynna57 – flickr )
Two Mosaic Bottles
‘Swirly Flower’
( glass, beads, millefiori, gold, porcelain, dichroic glass )
‘Tree of life’
‘Mask Giordano’
Detail Bright III ( see below )
‘Bright III’
‘Weaver’
‘Three Dragonflies’
2007
A section of ” the Muse “ ( see below )
‘The Muse’
‘The Dance (Earth, Water, Fire, Air)’
2006
‘Fantasy City’ – Irinia Charny
‘Yellow Flower’
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