Works
Glass
mosaic
9pieces
Nine glass mosaics on wood, made between 2011 and 2021. The glass is cut and set by hand; light plays in it, and the colour shifts with the hour and with where you stand. Often the frame is mosaic too. Each piece is unique.
Glass mosaic
01
Saint George
Glass mosaic on wood · 140 × 120 cm
02
Moscow
Glass mosaic on wood · 110 × 135 cm
03
Montmartre
Glass mosaic on wood · 100 × 80 cm
04
Carnival
Glass mosaic on wood · 130 × 102 cm
05
The Game
Glass mosaic on wood · 135 × 120 cm
06
The Mustang
Glass mosaic on wood · 135 × 135 cm
07
Savannah
Glass mosaic on wood · 135 × 108 cm
08
Mont-Saint-Michel
Glass mosaic on wood · 96 × 80 cm
09
The Violinist
Glass mosaic on wood · 68 × 59 cm
Medium
The mosaicist’s gesture
Patient work: every piece is chosen for its colour and for the way it takes the light.
A glass mosaic is not a painting blown up. It is a surface that has been built. Leo Novoro cuts the glass, sets it on a wooden panel and leaves the rest to the light. Depending on the hour and on where you stand, the reds flare, the blues go out and the golds move about.
The subjects are a traveller’s — Moscow under snow, Montmartre, Mont-Saint-Michel, carnival, the savannah — and a portraitist’s: a violinist, a horse, Saint George. Glass sets its own pace: a mosaic cannot be taken in at a glance. You have to walk it.