Ostia Antica was a harbour city in the Roman times, located at the mouth of the river Tiber, around 19 miles to the West of Rome. The oldest settlements found date of Early Iron Age (1000-700 BC). There was a center place in Ostia that was like a mall, with shops on both sides of ...

When was the last time you had the pleasure of seeing a mosaic design in person?  Was it in a historical site in Italy? Or in a beautifully designed bathroom at The Plaza Hotel?  Mosaics are a time honored artist’s tradition.  They bring life and movement into a room.  Nothing is more mesmerizing than understanding ...

The inspiration for this mosaic came from a book on Italian Renaissance ornaments. But we blew up the proportions of the original pattern so much that it turned into something totally different and fresh. A graphic, oversized and clearly contemporary mosaic design. PICTURE: mosaic-ideas–custom-mosaics_Living-Leonardo-chocolate.jpg , ALT= mosaic-ideas–custom-mosaics_Living-Leonardo-chocolate The Leonardo mosaic has been featured in the ...

Hadrian’s villa, one of the most opulent Imperial Villa, in Tivoli-Italy, is evidence of an explosion of fantasy and creativity where elaborate geometries in black and white marbles were utilized throughout the 10 cubicula of the hospitalia (guest rooms). We selected one of those featured stone mosaic and called it the Hadrian mosaic design. This ...

The Bamboo mosaic design captures the elements of a bamboo forest. But there is also a great versatility in the curved lines of this design. The graphic lines and the organic nature of the bamboo is what makes it such a popular choice. Below are some pictures of this mosaic design in different color combinations. ...

We have crafted the wolfgang mosaic design set in many different colors and shape. Below are some pictures of completed mosaic taken at our shop prior to shipping to our clients. Wolfgang Spa Backsplash: This wolfgang Spa Backcplash was made using Bianco P marble for the background and a combination of bardiglio light and dark ...

When you order a mosaic in Rosa Portogallo and Botticino marble, with accents in Breccia Onicciata, you should not receive a piece made in some kind of pink limestone, cremamarfil and onyx, do you agree? Yet when you are dealing with custom mosaics, it’s not uncommon for less sophisticated mosaic makers to have a complete ...