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  • He buys some of his material, such as smalti (glass mosaic tile), from Italy.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • He buys some of his material, such as smalti (glass mosaic tile), from Italy.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • The murals took 22 months to complete, and contain just over 300,000 pieces of Italian glass and rough smalti glass made specifically for mosaics traditionally used by Italian craftsmen in over 500 colors.

    Hidden Gems: Mosaic Art at Disney? | The Disney Blog 2009

  • Florence, Alessandro Baldovinetti (1425-1450) did a mosaic for St. John's and restored that in San Miniato; he studied the making of smalti, etc. from a German and wrote a work on the technique of the art.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • It is likely that the smalti were made by the Greeks, who were also probably the designers and executants.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • I decided to use some lovely 1960s-era Orsoni smalti that I'd recently found at my local mosaic store,

    Mosaic Art Source mosaicartsource 2009

  • With the exception of the red smalti and the mosaic gold, all of the smalti used in the mosaic is vintage.

    Mosaic Art Source mosaicartsource 2009

  • Shape glass tiles and tesserae, smalti, and Venetian glass for mosaic work.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

  • Laura has been working in mixed media, including fiber art, acrylic art and mosaic art for over 25 years. gold smalti, porcelain, ceramic tile, mirror, stone and salvaged or recycled materials.

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • After working primarily with smalti on 2D projects, I decided it was time to try something different - just for fun.

    Mosaic Art Source mosaicartsource 2009

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