MOSAIC STUDIO MOTION PIXEL CHEETAH ARTWORK

• Each micro-tessera makes up this major work. The detail becomes strength, the tiny draws intensity, like a meditation on contrast.

• Dimensions of the work:
Highest height: 56 cm
Longest length: 190 cm
Thickness: 1.2 cm
Total weight: approximately 10 kg
Total number of tesserae: several thousand, all assembled, one by one, by hand, in the workshop, to the nearest millimeter

• Dimensions of each tesserae: 10 mm x 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight of each tesserae: less than 2 g

• Materials used: artisanal glass paste and natural minerals
Finish: all the tesserae that form the outline of the cheetah have been cut by hand one by one and polished with a wheel but remain raw despite everything

• Support material: transparent plexiglass (or PMMA – polymethyl methacrylate) which is both rigid and slightly flexible

• Properties: water-repellent, smooth surface and easy to maintain

Each 1 cm² tessera seems almost insignificant when contemplated alone. And yet, it is from this extreme meticulousness that the intensity of the motif is born. Placed one by one, each piece finds its place in the rhythm, like a contained, patient, almost meditative breath. The gesture of the hand becomes that of a craftsman monk, repetitive, humble, concentrated.

But as soon as you step back, the effect is striking. The burning shades blend into a flamboyant movement. The eye no longer distinguishes the squares; it perceives a wave, a speed, a living body ready to leap out of the wall. The cheetah becomes a mirage. The colors merge into an overall, almost unreal impression, pulsing like a fire contained within the stone.

This contrast between the infinitely small and the spectacular evokes yoga itself: the meticulous sequence of gestures, repeated, mastered, until the breath takes over the entire interior scene. Here, power is born from the detail. And the gaze, with a slight blink, suddenly discovers the full grandeur of the intention.