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Are you curious about what has been entered into MASA Exhibitions and Competitions and what they Awards they received?

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MASA Online Competition No 7: STILL LIFE

  Closing date 8th June 2012



MASA now on Facebook!

MASA Regional Reps

MASA Regional Representatives volunteer their time and energy to organise local events and liase on Community Service Projects etc. Click on their names to learn more about then and send them an email with your query:

Charnelle Skipp - Western Cape

Rhona Norman- Port Elizabeth

Jill Buckler- East London

Sheila Nichol - Kwazulu Natal

Jewels Watson & Samantha Steward - Johannesburg

Cher Manning - Pretoria

Please let us know if you would like to be a MASA Representative or able to assist in the following areas:

DURBAN/PIETERMARITZBURG

FREE STATE

MPUMULANGA (Lowveld)

NORTHERN PROVINCE

NORTH WEST PROVINCE

NORTHEN CAPE

NAMIBIA

SWAZILAND

If YOUR area is not listed above and you would like to represent MASA there, we would LOVE to hear from you. Send an email to info@mosaicassociation.co.za with your details.

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PLEASE add your photo to your profile - unless you want to look like Moegoe the Gorilla... :-)

 

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1.  Please give the photos of your work a name/title when uploading them.

2. Please mention the size & materials used.

3. Please add tags to the photos - it is incredibly difficult to sort through the photos if they are not tagged.

 

If you are not sure how to do it, click HERE

 

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Mosaic Association South Africa (MASA).
You are welcome to browse our site but will be required to sign up should you wish to contribute or comment on any of the items. You will also be required to sign up should you wish to access any of the tabs (headings) above.

We welcome all who enjoy mosaics and would like to share

their passion, experience and knowledge with others.

Photos

Thank you MASA Members

Thanks to all our MASA Members who participated in our "More than Cats & Dogs" National Community Service Project in support of SPCA.

A number of the 10 BEST SPCA MOSAICS have already raised more than R20 000 in support of the smaller SPCA's around the country. They were not auctioned off at one function but sent to the smaller branches who raffled them to raise funds and have done an excellent job with our donated mosaics.

Due to your efforts and willingness to do something for our furry, feathered and wooly friends we have received the following:

We have once again proved that by working together towards a common goal, major things can happen and we are very proud of our members who responded and participated in this Project.

Thank you!

If you would like to comment on this click HERE.

Chuckles


And sometimes lines get a little crossed:

A very enthusiastic young man calls me and asks how many members does MASA have and gets most excited when I tell him that we have over 450 members. Does not seem phased when I tell him that they are spread around the country.......... and the world.

He tells me he is working on a massive project that will require many hands and it will benefit a charity and he is finalising some aspects and will let me have the information shortly.

He sends me the following SMS - "Could you guys make a mosaic with possibly 1 million photos? Like blow a picture up probably 4 tennis courts big?"

Not sure if I understand him correctly I confirm that he wants us to take 1million+ photos and place them in such a way that it creates a new picture?

He thought the Mosaic Association South Africa would be the ideal candidates to pull off this amazing feat. I told him that I thought he would need a graphic artists with a huge computer to generate the basic plan first:)
He found the idea on the internet:

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/05/08/worlds-largest-mosaic-sets-record/

GOOGLE : "World's largest mosaic" for some astounding creations. (there are a couple who claim to be the world's largest)

Forum

Mosaicists ateliers in Capetown

Started by Marita Schauerte Herzstuecke in General Interest. Last reply by Marita Schauerte Herzstuecke on Friday. 4 Replies

What a difference a frame makes....*

Started by Cher Manning in Mosaics of Interest. Last reply by Nelie du Toit May 15. 8 Replies

Mentorship Program?

Started by Linda Erasmus in Mosaics of Interest. Last reply by Linda Erasmus Apr 17. 14 Replies

Is it wrong, is it right....

Started by Rhona Norman in Mosaics of Interest. Last reply by Samantha Stewart Apr 1. 9 Replies

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BLOG POST INFO

Below you'll find the blog post section. This area is for sharing personal stories and experiences, rant or rave about things relating to mosaic art. Please use the Groups for postings of a specific nature (help, suggestions, requests etc.).

Blog Posts

Good Morning Africa Interview

Posted by Cher Manning on May 15, 2012 at 9:30 5 Comments

MASA was invited to send a representative to an interview on Good Morning Africa (DSTV Channel 114)!

So here's the thing, give me a microphone and I can happily chat to millions of people on a radio station. BUT put me in front of a camera and one of two things happens, I either stutter like a blithering idiot, my mouth goes dry and I cannot formulate words properly and end up sounding stooopid! So it was time to call in reinforcements in the form of Marina Giovitto Ehlers who has done so many of these things, is always cool under pressure and knows a helluva lot more about mosaic than I ever will!

The producers asked if we would also demonstrate how mosaic is done, and one of the questions they were going to ask us is what materials could be used for mosaic. Easy Peasy - No problem there! I started another Mosaic with Heart panel and had huge fun scratching through all the bits and pieces left behind from previous projects so that I could have many…

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Is 2012 on Steroids?

Posted by Jewels (Julie Watson) on February 23, 2012 at 0:03 7 Comments

I cannot remember the last time I even sat in my wreck room, much less actually touched a single tessera - and I am suffering the most dreadful withdrawal symptoms. My fingers are itching to get going with some pieces I have long wanted to do.

Every time I look at my schedule I get excited to find a gap that can be dedicated to time in the wreck room. No sooner have I had that thought than the gap gets filled with something that won't let me go there. Not only that but I am so far behind on stuff that has to be done before I can have wreck room time, I'm beginning to despair of ever getting there even before more stuff gets added to my schedule. I feel like my imagination, inspiration, creativity and general sanity are in dire danger of being squashed and stifled under the demands and priorities of 2012's steroid-taking tendencies.

The worst of the worst, though, is that I can't take steroids to keep up, much less find the energy and/or time to feed my mosaic habit.

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Thanks and Appreciation

Posted by Kathy van der Velde on January 27, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments

I would like to take this opportunity to thank MASA, the judges and the Mosaic friends for the encouragement and the votes. May I also say congratulations to my fellow participants in the competition, each and everyone of you are stars and I just got lucky. This was a first for me and hope to have the time to compete again. I am looking forward to chatting with all of you as to improve on my work.

All the best to MASA and Friends

On My Soap Box ...... again!

Posted by Cher Manning on January 15, 2012 at 10:30 3 Comments

At the beginning of the year when everyone seems to be coming up with New Year's Resolutions, with all good intentions and determination to make a difference somehow - its natural to take a look back with 20/20 hindsight about how you could have done things differently and perhaps silently promise not to make the same mistakes again!!!

I for one will never again

  • Wear a white shirt while trying to "quickly" grout something with black grout
  • use foil-backed glass tiles to mosaic a face (if the foil does not come off when you peel the tile off the mesh, it comes away after the second "shaping" cut)
  • walk barefoot in the studio before having cleaned up the shards from the previous mosaic
  • open a box of old tiles that I had hidden away at the…
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