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DID YOU KNOW THAT?

• Since c. 3000 BC glass has been used for making various objects. It was (and often still is) made from a mixture of:

1) sand (silica, SiO2) and

2) soda (sodium carbonate, Na2CO3) to act as a "flux", i.e. to lower the melting point of the silica and make it more manageable, and

3) lime (calcium oxide, CaO, generally from limestone, CaCO3), to make the glass stable.

Metallic oxides were (and are) added to make the glass colourless or give it a particular colour or make it opaque (e.g. for mosaics).

MODERN MOSAICS AT TATE MODERN?

It all began back in 2001, when BAMM member Dr. Pat Witts wrote to Tate Director Sir Nicholas Serota asking if Tate Modern would feature modern mosaic in its collections.

He replied, “There is an agreement with the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum, as the national collection of Art and Design, that they will concentrate on the decorative arts, leaving the graphic arts of the twentieth century to us.”

The idea that mosaic is always “decorative” as opposed to “graphic” is tendentious, of course, not to say silly. Accordingly in 2012 your editor asked Tate Modern if there had been any change...

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and Did You Know That?

Associations

Just in case you don't know, there are mosaic associations you might consider joining. All are useful for contacts, exhibitions and newsletters.

BAMM: British Association for Modern Mosaic

MAANZ: Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand

DOMO: German Organization for Mosaic Art

SAMA: Society of American Mosaic Artists

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