Works
Glass
mosaic
9pieces
Nine glass mosaics on wood, 2011–2021. Tesserae are cut and set by hand; light passes through the glass and changes the colour with the hour and the viewing angle. Each piece is unique, with no print or reproduction.
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
Game
Glass mosaic on wood · 135 × 120 cm
06
Mustang
Glass mosaic on wood · 135 × 135 cm
07
Savanna
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
Technique
The mosaicist’s gesture
A work of patience: each tessera is chosen for its hue and its refraction.
Glass mosaic is not an enlarged painting: it is a constructed surface. Leo Novoro cuts the tesserae, sets them on a wooden support, then lets light do the rest. Depending on the hour and the viewer’s position, reds ignite, blues fade, golds shift.
The subjects come from the same source as the canvases — the city, power, icons — but glass imposes its own time: a mosaic is not read in a single glance, it is crossed.