Meet Julie Mazzoni

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Julie Mazzoni. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Julie below.

Julie, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.
Fortunately, mosaic art is a slow art. It can take weeks or months to finish a mosaic. The problem is more about deciding where to channel the creativity. I keep an art journal where I jot down ideas or illustrations for later. If I ever have a dry spell I pull it out and go from there. But I also need nature to recharge my batteries and often pull inspiration from there. And lastly, I find cleaning my studio is always a good source of creativity as I run across materials and half-finished works that pull me toward them.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
My passion is mosaic art. I love living the artist’s life because it brings new challenges with each project. My mosaics have always evolved as I have tried new materials and tested new ideas. So my work has a wide range within the mosaic art medium. I have explored projects from micro-mosaic jewelry to large public works. I have used stone, glass, beads, eggshell, ceramic, dishes, shells, wire and many more materials. The materials always draw me back to mosaics. It is a slow art and I can get lost in the beauty of the individual pieces. I love people and that has drawn me to teach mosaic and lead community mosaic projects. My current project is a large public mosaic and I have partnered with another artist for the first time. It is for the city of Dunwoody, GA and measures 36 feet long by about four feet high and will take us about seven months to complete. I started a Youtube channel in 2020 during lockdowns and have been documenting the process there. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlDZhcBXnwvNGSOUaYiA8A

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
My curiosity about how things go together and what draws someone to have an emotional response to a piece of art have pushed me to research art topics such as composition and color theory. My background is in architecture, which helps with design as well. Mosaic is a slow art and it takes a certain amount of perseverance to see it through and start the next project. It’s more of a long distance race than a sprint. And last of all, I feel like I have always been flexible. This has allowed me to have more balance in my life and keep my priorities intact while still achieving as much as possible in my mosaic art.

How would you describe your ideal client?
The ideal client is clear in what they want as a final product. They know what their budget is up front. And most importantly, they trust me to do my job and deliver. If I have that freedom when working on a project, then the creativity flows! I once had a private commission for a kitchen backsplash. I knew the client was looking for something extra but we could not nail it down in the design phase. Once I started the mosaic, I intuitively started incorporating uniquely shaped pieces such as hearts, houses, ducks, fish, and even an alien head. The client was absolutely delighted with this approach! It was not planned but they were thrilled with the personalized end product which was just what they wanted. Nobody wants to be surprised with changes mid-way through a project, so good communication is crucial as well. I always share my work at every stage with the client.

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