Aug 09, 2010 · 2 Comments »
Or, Capitals, Columns, and Cuervo, Parte Tres. So after touring the Mexico City airport, which is becoming a full time [...]
Jul 31, 2010 · 1 Comment »
Or, Jaqueline. She’s multi-dimensional. First we introduced her in stone. Sporting a wonderful texture unique to New Ravenna, Jaqueline is equally [...]
Jul 29, 2010 · 3 Comments »
Or, Gourmet Tequila, the second best thing in Mexico after the Materials Marketing factory Once upon a time, I was [...]
Jul 16, 2010 · 3 Comments »
Or, Capitals, Columns and Cuervo Arguably the best source for stone architectural elements in the USA, Materials Marketing produces its incredible stone [...]
Jul 08, 2010 · 18 Comments »
Or, doe, a deer In one of my previous posts, I shared the fact that two of our employees are licensed [...]
Jun 25, 2010 · 5 Comments »
Branch Out. Or, Walk Softly. Judging by these headlines, obviously some of us at New Ravenna had a lot of fun at [...]
Jun 01, 2010 · 3 Comments »
This is a page from a 1999 issue of “New Ravenna News” (for us, the equivalent of blogging ten years [...]
Apr 23, 2010 · 9 Comments »
Or, what the Pro did In the last couple of weeks, Christine and I scrambled to put together some mosaic [...]
Apr 13, 2010 · 8 Comments »
Or, Thelma and Louise take Exmore. Since we are desperate for good photography, Christine (in charge of marketing, left) and [...]
Mar 31, 2010 · 6 Comments »
or, Dallas Airport Mosaics, etc. I seem to be routed through the Dallas airport regularly these days. While sprinting from [...]
Feb 27, 2010 · 5 Comments »
Or, How to Get Noticed on the Beach. One of the best kept secrets of jet-setting women is anything made [...]
Feb 10, 2010 · 12 Comments »
When visitors arrive at New Ravenna, it is not unusual for them to encounter various non-human mammals, and I’m not talking [...]
Jan 31, 2010 · 5 Comments »
Kelly Morisseau is now the proud winner of the best book on Roman African mosaics ever printed (see my last blog [...]
Jan 16, 2010 · 42 Comments »
or, Rome: If you want to, part II Come on, sing it with me! New Ravenna introduced a texture in 1996 [...]
Dec 25, 2009 · 5 Comments »
People often ask what inspired me to found New Ravenna. A part of the answer lies in a trip to the [...]
Nov 30, 2009 · 5 Comments »
My friend James Stuart Duncan is a truly talented product developer who works with New Ravenna.’s one thing to be a good designer, [...]
Oct 08, 2009 · 13 Comments »
Or, Lions and Tigers and…Zebras! This is one of my first mosaics a la 1992. was made from porcelain [...]
Oct 06, 2009 · 7 Comments »
Clients have been asking for New Ravenna borders to go with our new fields for some time now. One of the things [...]
Aug 30, 2009 · 9 Comments »
Or, Beau Bond. (sorry) New Ravenna fabricates a newly expanded line of mosaics called Beau Monde for Ann Sacks–more display boards just arrived in each [...]
Aug 10, 2009 · 3 Comments »
Recently I returned from a trip to the left coast–southern California–and I stayed with dear college friends. I met the [...]
Jul 19, 2009 · 5 Comments »
Or, Back in Black: Redecorating the Studio with Sara. Mosaic factories by their very nature are dusty and full of clutter–all [...]
Jul 15, 2009 · 4 Comments »
This is one talented woman. Laura Gottwald is a designer who seems to know everyone. To call her a character is [...]
Jun 20, 2009 · 10 Comments »
Two postings back I requested a name for our 2009 black, gray and shades of white collection. Did I ever [...]
Jun 08, 2009 · 5 Comments »
Exciting things are happening at New Ravenna these days… We launched our new glass line at Coverings in Chicago–preliminary samples and chip [...]