BYZANTINE TESSERAE

H A N D - C U T  T E C H N I Q U E

WHEN THE DESIGN IS VERY COMPLEX AND THE

DETAILS ARE SMALL IN SIZE, THE BEST TECHNIQUE

FOR REPRODUCTION IN MOSAIC IS THE HAND-CUT

METHOD. IN THIS CASE, mosaics OF APPROXIMATELY

3/4 INCH ARE CUT BY HAND INTO SMALLER PIECES, 

PLACED FOLLOWING AN IRREGULAR PATTERn

AND FOLLOWING THE LINES OF THE SUBJECTS

BEING REPRODUCED. 

VENETIAN TESSERAE

D I G I T A L  T E C H N I Q U E

ARTIZZA'S COMPUTER IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

(CAD) ENABLES DRAWINGS, IMAGEs & PHOTOGRAPHS

TO BE CONVERTED INTO A DIGITAL-EFFECT

RENDERING, CONSISTING of countless SQUARE

mosaic TESSeRAE IN VARIOUS SIZES, colors AND

TEXTURES. ALL Mosaic WORKS are hand-Placed  

one-by-one BY OUR HIGHLY SKILLED ARTISANS.