Erna Björk Antonsdóttir

I started making murals out of broken rocks as teenager and since then I have loved experimenting making art-work with all kinds og materials.  The Icelandic nature has a great impact on me and gives me ideas and materials to choose from.  The nature with all the colors found in the rocks, the shells and barnacles, which have so special texture and form.  The seashore gives me an inspiriation as well as the mountains and the rough Icelandic nature.

I have studied at The Mosaic Art School in Ravenna, Italy where I learned an ancient Roman Technique of mosaic.  In my mosaic art I use this old technique by working with material from the Icelandic nature. volcanic rocks, basalts along withe imported marble, glass and smalti.

http://www.mosaic.is 

"What I have to say is that has been such a pleasure having this so nice lady here in Italy for studying mosaic making: she showed a very strong interest for the mosaic making tecnique, I am a teacher, so it has been nice for me teaching her all I could.

In these last years I have been so pleased to see her increasing in mosaic- making; she works using all the rules of my tuition at the best, so it's a pleasure and an honour for me to know she's organizing an exhibit of Mosaics.

Erna uses the antique tecnique but on a modern way by taking advantages of the materials of her country as the antique mosaicists used to do in the Roman Time."

Luciana Notturni, Mosaicist

Mosac Art School

Ravenna, Italy.