Aljaž Vidrajz studied architecture, and soon realised that he needed more creativity and more hands-on work. After finishing the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli in Spilimbergo in Italy, one of the most respected schools of mosaic, he produced a replica of a Roman mosaic. He installed it on his kitchen wall. From replicas to mosaic interpretation of photographies and paintings, mosaic tables and house numbers to artworks of contemporary mosaic, Aljaž creates the power of the message piece by piece, tessera after tessera. In his work he develops the play of shadows, reflections, textures and colours. The result is an image that urges the observer to see it as a whole and at the same time invites to peer at the details and mosaic structures. "Mosaic is a technique that does not know shortcuts and requires time," says Aljaž, who puts at least one special tessera in every mosaic composition he makes.
Aljaž Vidrajz