Created for an Atlanta kitchen that had just undergone its first remodel in over 50 years, the Rooster and Hens backsplash adds a colorful scene over the high performance stove. 

The mosaic is created from Mexican smalti (enameled glass) and Italian millefiori flower accents.

Winner of Dallas Home Design Magazine's “Best Kitchen” and Stone Magazine’s “Best of Home” awards, the Lascaux kitchen was inspired by a beautifully textured piece of granite that reminded the home owners of a trip to see the cave paintings in Lascaux, France.  Using the theme of our earliest human design motifs, the artists created several vignettes for the backsplash using both wetsaw-cut natural stone and inlaid glass.  Designed and fabricated by Julie Richey and Lynne Chinn. 

Lascaux Kitchen photos by Stacy Bratton, stacybrattonphotography.com

Running bulls from the Lascaux series, created using a wet saw and sheared natural stone. 

Given by Dallas Home Design Magazine for "Best Kitchen" design, awarded to Julie Richey Mosaics and Lynne Chinn, artwork co-designer.

"New Grange" pattern wetsaw-cut stone and inlaid glass.  Vignettes were created in custom frames, thinset and applied to wall as whole "tiles" after wooden frames were removed.

Wet-saw-cut stone and inlaid glass mosaic.

Wet saw cut stone and inlaid glass mosaic. 

Wet saw cut stone and inlaid glass mosaic.

Wet-saw-cut natural stone and inlaid glass. 

Wet saw cut stone and inlaid glass mosaic. 

Stained glass and natural stone.

Stained glass and natural stone. 

We used the client's family vacation photos to recreate the image of their favorite Canadian summer haven.  

Stained glass and natural stone.

This client had an impressive collection of rooster-themed items in her home.  When she asked for a rooster back splash, we were happy to oblige (having never made mosaic roosters or even feathers, for that matter).

Mexican smalti and iridized glass.

Mexican smalti (enameled glass). 

Mexican smalti (enameled glass). 

Created for a wine tasting room, the mosaic top was fabricated to match the client's selected table base and chairs.  Mexican smalti (enameled glass). 

Autunno table prior to grouting.

An impressive, multi-piece limestone fireplace was the setting for the second in the Lascaux Series.  The client saw our award-winning Lascaux kitchen and asked to have something similar in style.  We incorporated his ranch's corporate logo into the mosaic at his request. 

Natural stone and ammonite fossil. 

Mexican smalti and micromosaic butterfly detail.  Backsplash field tile is "Espresso" crackle finish subway tile from Heath Ceramics in Sausalito, CA.  This client has an impressive collection of bluebonnet paintings, so she asked us to incorporate the bluebonnets in a more culinary motif for the stove.

Mexican smalti (enameled glass) and micromosaic butterfly. 

Mexican smalti (enameled glass) and micromosaic butterfly. 

Mexican smalti (enameled glass) and micromosaic.  The micromosaic butterfly is made with filati, the thread-like strands of melted glass, set vertically so only the tiniest points of color make up the image.  

Mexican smalti (enameled glass) with bronze found screen ornament. Since this project was located out of town, we requested Hardibacker forms to which we glued the mosaic in our studio.  Screw hole attachments were marked on site prior to fabricating the mosaic.  Once the sections were screwed in place in the kitchen, individual tesserae were glued over the screws and grouted.

Installation in progress. 

Installation in progress: Mexican smalti (enameled glass). 

Mexican smalti (enameled glass). 

This limestone carved fireplace was shipped from Italy, but the lintel piece cracked in transit.  To cover the obvious signs of the patch job, we suggested a classical smalti and stone mosaic.  Problem solved. 

Natural stone and enameled glass. 

Natural stone and enameled glass. 

Work in progress: natural stone and enameled glass.