FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2010
Contact: Jacqueline Iskander Mosaics, Publisher
Phone: (918) 704.0205 (CST)
E-Mail: mosaics@jiskander.com
Website: www.jiskander.com


Giulio Menossi’s book, MENOSSI: i mosaici, is published!
Udine, Italy. . . . Giulio Menossi and Jacqueline Iskander Mosaics are very pleased to announce the publication of MENOSSI: i mosaici, which commemorates Maestro Giulio Menossi's artistic evolution and career of over 35 years.

More than 60 mosaics representing the depth and breadth of the artist's expertise are presented. Maestro Menossi has chosen 34 original feature works to chronicle his artistic evolution from 1974 through 2009. Interspersed amongst the art works are the musings and reflections of the artist, in his own words. An anthological section exhibits an additional 24 original and commissioned works. 

Included are written contributions from Udinese author Paolo Maurensig, critic and gallery owner Sergio Colussa, and former étoile of the Teatro alla Scala, Elisabetta Armiato. 

80 pages. In Italian with complete English translation, and available in two hardcover formats.

What are people saying?

“Giulio Menossi, a master mosaicist of Udine, Italy, creates poetic magic to stir the soul, and deeply, with both his art and his words. This lovely eighty page retrospective is a celebration of both... With a heart-thumping array of exquisite photographs, this book is sure to satisfy visually, and the fulsome detail shots provide enough eye candy to quench the most gluttonous sweet tooth.” - Pamela Goode, artist and gallery owner

“The value of this type of book is that you can see a complete body of work by the artist and follow the development of his or her work over time. It gives you a unique insight... Seeing [Menossi’s dynamic mosaics] in one place has helped me to understand what Menossi is trying to communicate, and I must admit that he has changed the way I look at the natural world – a testament to the power of great art.” - Bill Buckingham, artist, supplier, and publisher

Please visit www.menossi.tumblr.com for book previews, reviews, and purchasing information.

I am very pleased to announce the upcoming publication of Maestro Giulio Menossi’s book, “Menossi: I mosaici,” which will commemorate his 35 years as a professional mosaicist. The book will present a total of 58 works through more than 80 images. Maestro Menossi has chosen 34 works from the years of 1973 - 2009 to chronicle his development as a mosaicist and artist. 24 other works will be presented, in smaller format, which represent the depth and breadth of his expertise in a variety of original and commissioned works over the course of his career. Through the pages of this book, Maestro Menossi will share his thoughts and reflections, as recorded in his hand-written notes of the last 35 years, on his life and work as a mosaicist. In Italian with English translation, “Menossi: I mosaici,” is scheduled to be available in October, 2010, which will mark his 35th anniversary as a professional mosaicist. (Publisher, Jacqueline Iskander Mosaics)

maestro giulio menossi, in collaboration with pam givens, has opened the mosaico - scuola menossi. i consider myself fortunate to know both giulio and pam, and to be involved in the fledgling school. i created a logo for the school website, and also a logo for some print materials. then, i got to create the print materials... a tri-fold brochure and a postcard. recently, i put together a one-page web flyer.

i enjoy this kind of creativity... laying out, organizing, etc.... faster than mosaic art, that's for sure... so instant gratification i suppose.

just explaining where some of my time and energy has been going... when it isn't going to family or italian. i am also working on a very exciting project with maestro menossi, but i won't say what it is yet. it is in its very earliest stages, and i won't have anything to announce about it until sometime next year.

this is all very exciting stuff, and i feel like it is worth doing... over my own personal mosaic work... for now. i still have a little time for mosaic work, but it is not the priority that is has been, and that i know it will be again... next year. its interesting.... although i have made the decision and commitment to ease off of my mosaic work, and though i feel that this is the right decision for me at this time, i do still miss my work... i miss building and handling and planning and the whole process.

i wonder why it has to be so complicated sometimes... to be a human being... or maybe just to be me. i want to do so much... and sometimes i want to be doing the very thing that i am not doing... but i also want to keep doing what i am doing... and MORE! ugh...

that's it for now... back to my italian...

ciao a tutti! its been a really long time since i have visited my journal. i am just not much of a journal kind of person. but i am going to give it a go today. hmm... what have i been up to?

in may, i went to cap cod to take lynn moor's smalti intensive course. it was a great time and i really enjoyed the course. i would love to get up that way again. from cape cod i went to italy. after a few days in venice, i went to udine to participate in the very first course of the mosaico - scuola menossi. the course was portraiture in the venetian double indirect method. this was a fantastic time and the course was great... only one week. now the school is offering two two-week courses next may/june, and i may be taking one, or both.

i have recently completed the portrait that i started in the course. it was a good challenge but i am happy that i have finished it. it is titled jesus of udine.

yes, it has taken a long time... but that is because i have not been doing much mosaic work, and won't be doing much at least through the end of the year i have made it my primary project to learn italian, and that is what i have been doing for several hours a day, 5 days a week, and a little time on the weekends. my goal is to be conversational by the time i return to italy next spring.

so much going on... in addition to the italian. my youngest started college this fall. he is going to university here in town, majoring in music composition. this is a major transition for him, going from home-schooling to college.. and he has definitely been having his ups and downs... and me right along with him. additionally, a family member's health has not been good, and that has been something to deal with as well.

and then... there is all the crazy rain that we have been having... very unusual for us... and i am getting tired of the gloomies day after day.

okay.... enough of complaining! my next mosaic project will be to finish a leaf that i started in lynn moor's workshop. i am not yet motivated to work on it, but hopefully i will get i gear this week. i am missing my mosaic work, but still determined to learn italian... so for now i will stick with my plan.

aloha... from maui!

we just arrived on maui yesterday after a week on hawaii. we are staying in a condo here in kihei, a beach town down (south) on the coast from ka'anapali and lahaina. this is our first time here at the kihei surfside which is right next door to where we usually stay. we love this area and think that keawakapu beach is the best one that we have visited on maui.

just relaxing today... doing a bit of laundry this morning and enjoying the great view from our lanai. later we will venture out for beach walking and some pics. lunch in the condo today... then... who knows? nice to have nothing to do.

i am uploading my pics pretty regularly, so if you want to see what i am seeing, check out my flickr pics.

that's all for now... aloha!