Mexican Blanket Mosaic with Tami Macala

Taking up or practicing an art medium should bring you joy and creativity. It should not involve stress, anxiety, or unhappiness. Creating art is about being present in a zone where time stands still and worries slip away.

Tami Macala feels that way when she creates her Mexican Blanket Mosaics.

Now, she has created this online course to allow anyone to drop into that zone, where joy, ease, and gratification are practically guaranteed.

Tami has been refining her Mexican Blanket technique for many years and felt it was time to bring it to the Mosaic Arts Online platform so anyone could learn and create their own version.

Tami has named this technique the Mexican Blanket Mosaic due to its use of Mexican smalti and the woven blanket look it creates.

You will work alongside Tami in this course as she guides you from the blank substrate to the completed piece.

You will learn the following:

• Tami’s preferred tools, adhesive, and substrate
• Tami’s technique for prepping the substrate and installing the hanging hardware
• Mixing the mortar and admix for the correct consistency
• Understand the unique qualities of Mexican smalti that make it Tami's material of choice
• Insights into choosing a vibrant color palette with complementary colors that add visual interest
• How to cut the Mexican smalti, gold, smalti strata glass, and filati
• Develop skills to compose a balanced and harmonious mosaic
• Techniques to maintain cohesive spacing when laying down tesserae
• Discover how to facet the tesserae (glass pieces) to enhance it’s texture
• Frame your mosaic effectively using negative space, adding a refined look

This course is for any level of artist. Tami teaches a NON-andamento approach and demonstrates how “breaking the line” effectively creates this unique look.

There is no time like now to learn a new technique, dive into your creative zone, and find pure joy and gratification while learning and creating your next mosaic art project.

Tami has included a PDF for downloading of her suggested tools, materials, and resources.