Robin Indar's Mosaic Portraiture
These are done using the direct method, in which you place a photo under clear contact paper, sticky side up, and lay tiles directly onto the contact paper. When the image is completely covered with tile, the image is covered with glue soaked paper. When the glue dries, the image is flipped, and the contact paper is removed. Then, the tiles are flipped back onto an adhesive covered board of the same size, and when the adhesive dries, the paper covering is removed, and all that's left to do is grout!
Exene Cervenka, singing for the band X.
This photo was the inspiration.
Poly Styrene singing for the band Xray-Spex.
These mosaics are part of an unfinished series honoring women in underground rock bands. They are roughly 2' x 2' in size and art intended to hang indoor on a wall.