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Ioana Belcea
Jun 260 min read
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Ceramics
An important element of this design is the floral border with the four narrative corner panels. I decided to take a multi media approach...
Ioana Belcea
May 12 min read
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The Art of Translation
Color board for the mosaic Translating the artwork into a mosaic is for me one of the more exciting parts of a project. Usually, first...
Ioana Belcea
Apr 302 min read
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From the sketchbook
Page of illustration from the Florentine Codex The idea for the Benedictine project was pretty straightforward: fidelity to the original....
Ioana Belcea
Apr 302 min read
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Benedictine College, Kansas
Viva la Guadalupana! I've had a long time tenderness for Our Lady of Guadalupe, but for the past six years she has been my constant...
Ioana Belcea
Apr 293 min read
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Progress
With installation scheduled for the middle of October, we are working hard to bring this project to completion. Our focus has been on...
Ioana Belcea
Aug 27, 20241 min read
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Looking for the right expression
The face ultimately carries the expressive weight of the entire piece, with all the other elements of the composition working...
Ioana Belcea
Jul 25, 20241 min read
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Mosaic Our Lady of Guadalupe-progress
Design completed, we started fabrication of the mosaic. As on my past mosaic projects I am collaborating with the very talented and...
Ioana Belcea
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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Mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe
"Today we can say that...the Church in America is the Church of Hope. Therefore, the Church must proclaim the Gospel of life and speak...
Ioana Belcea
Jun 11, 20244 min read
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La Guadalupana
Nican mopohua, motecpana..."Here it is told, it is presented in an orderly fashion, the portentous apparition, not long ago, of the fair...
Ioana Belcea
May 16, 20244 min read
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The day of reckoning
On July 17 we finished the installation of the mosaic at the Community of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Colleyville Texas. We...
Ioana Belcea
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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Agnus Dei
Working on the Christ medallion. The lamb which I thought would be the hardest to make, practically made itself. As we move forward with...
Ioana Belcea
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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Halfway there
We continue to feast our eyes on the vibrant colors of Donà Murano glass tesserae and celebrate: we have passed the mid point in the...
Ioana Belcea
Feb 23, 20231 min read
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Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace, quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum, quod parasti ante faciem omnium...
Ioana Belcea
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Working together
We see different parts of the design taking shape and that gives us great satisfaction. Progress is slow because the image is very...
Ioana Belcea
Dec 19, 20221 min read
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From the studio
Just a few words on the process: after deciding on the colors and placing the order, we printed the image full size on paper. The glass...
Ioana Belcea
Nov 8, 20221 min read
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Playing with glass
I have partnered for this project with Ravenna trained mosaicist Samantha Holmes with whom I also worked on the mosaic of the Immaculate...
Ioana Belcea
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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Process
We are currently working on a commission for two mosaics for the beautiful church of the Community of the Good Shepherd in Colleyville...
Ioana Belcea
Oct 24, 20221 min read
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