In response to a Call for Artists by the EC250 organization, Howard County Historical Society and the Howard County Arts Council, Lisa used a World War I nurse's cape as inspiration for creating this durable interpretation. She handmade the substrate using mosaic mesh and thinset and covered it in hand-cut Italian smalti. 19"x14"x5"

detail of the hand-cut Italian smalti. Lisa used traditional mosaic tools, a hammer and hardie, to hand-cut each piece.

Italian straw hat covered in hand-cut pieces of Mexican glass called smalti. Hanging hardware attached 12"wide x 14" long x 5" deep

"Blindness" 10'x10" mosaic made with marble and smalti inspired by the book of the same name by Jose Saramago

detail of "Blindness" 10"x10" marble and smalti mosaic inspired by the book of the same name by Jose Saramago