Atelier Mosaïque romaine

Roman mosaic workshop
The Greeks were the first to use the mosaic technique, but the Romans perfected it to decorate their rich homes.
perfected it to decorate their rich homes. Mosaics were used to decorate floors
walls and ceilings, protecting them from damp and making them easier to clean.
The motifs, which come in an infinite range of colours, depict people, animals or plants, and sometimes even become a decorative element.
sometimes becoming real paintings.
Christel Savarese, a specialist in historic craft techniques, uses the same tools and materials
same tools and materials as the mosaicists of Antiquity: each tessera of terracotta, marble
tesserae of terracotta, marble, stone or glass is cut with a hammer on a cutting edge. With it,
create your own design.