Portraits: a mosaic of broken tiles
Ed Chapman - one of the leading Britishartists on the mosaic with its unique and instantly recognizable style of work. His mosaic works, mostly portraits of famous people, are made of thousands of small fragments of stone and ceramic tiles. Such an accurate image is achieved through laborious work and different sizes of pieces of tile. 
Ed Chapman reproduces in the mosaic knownphotos of politicians, singers, actors and other artists. Sometimes it's hard to believe that it's a mosaic of broken tiles, not a painted picture or even a picture. Each work is done completely manually. A laborious, but very creative process involves selecting or cutting out small fragments of the right color from ceramic tiles, fitting them, as well as gluing to the substrate, and all this with your own hands. 
Mosaic of broken tiles with portraits enjoyspopular with both private clients and international organizations. A lot of portraits were sold at auctions for thousands of dollars and now decorate private collections. By the way, the mosaic can create a portrait of any person from the photo, and such an expensive unique gift is also in demand among rich customers.
Ed Chapman - a constant participant in many worldexhibitions. Each of his work becomes popular, with multiple coverage in the world's media. The artist finds inspiration for his mosaics from broken tiles in music, press, cinema and television, in masterpieces of world painting and simply in life. An interesting girl, met on the street or a colorful old man from the park opposite the house can easily become the heroes of his next works. 
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