what’s happening in the studio

here’s my latest:

Full Bloom garden bench

stained glass, glass tile, and ceramic tile
43 H” x 54 W” x 25 D”

Now on display through January 2025
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Main Lobby

1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203

introducing:

Get Lost Mazes

a new company staging immersive art installations
based on my mosaic mazes and labyrinths

check it out

Secret Garden
was included in
2024
North Carolina
Artists Exhibition!

a new sign for Mooresville Arts!


I went on a Caravaggio Quest:

These are my photos of paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The lighting in many venues was not optimal — with a lot of glare even in person. I did the best I could! I viewed these paintings in the following: in London, The National Gallery, and in Rome, The Borghese Gallery, Palazzo Barberini, Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, The Capitoline Museum, The Basilica of Sant’Agostino, and the Vatican Museums in Vatican City.

go to my instagram @bapokorny to see many more photos from Sicily and Rome!


I was interviewed by Canvas Rebel Magazine
read it here

Fabulous feature article in Charlotte Magazine November 2023 issue!

Taylor Bowler explores the mosaics and decor, and the process of creating a home around them with the vision and expert guidance of designer Anne Miller of Miller House Interiors.

Artwork shown in these photos by: Nico Amortigui, Julia Lawing, Kathy Murray, and Annie Beringer

my art tweeted and featured on google arts & culture site 2x!

celebrating
world kindness day and random acts of kindness day

Kindness Mandala

recently completed pieces:

Last January, I gave a presentation to the Guild of Charlotte Artists. I spoke about the history of mosaics, my mosaic artwork and inspirations, and then gave a demonstration of glass cutting as well as a demonstration of cutting a glass “pizza” with a hammer and hardie — the same way mosaicists have been cutting tesserae for thousands of years!

If your organization would like me to speak, please contact me. I love talking about mosaics, and getting people “hooked” on this fun form of art.