Mosaic Info

Pique Assiette (also called Shard Art) is the art of recycling broken glass, pottery, porcelain and found objects to create unique and functional pieces for the home and garden.

The French term Pique Assiette quite literally means "stolen from plate" and is a reference to Raymond Edouard Isidore. In 1938, Isidore began collecting glass and pottery shards from the fields near his home in Chartres, France. He got a little carried away and compulsive with his craft and covered every surface of his home, inside and out, with mosaic designs. His neighbors referred to him as "Picassiette" - plate stealer.

Today the term Pique Assiette is widely accepted and used to describe this fascinating art medium.

It’s art

I love working with random shapes of broken tile, pottery or glass. It’s like putting together a puzzle with no box lid to look at. The size, shape and coloration of the piece suggest its position in the final mosaic. This gives the art an organic feel that is so much a part of the nature that inspired it and difficult to achieve with contrived shapes. Spontaneous? Serendipitous? And just good design.

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