Smalti Mosaic

Antique Smalti Mosaic

Traditional Smalti mosaic is from the molten glass, and made to a slab for cooling, and then cut by hand into rectangular pieces. The pieces are about 7x15x8mm or smaller and they aren't perfect rectangles. They are vary in thickness, shape, size and color. These natural variations in shape and color are exactly what make smalti the perfect mosaic material and allow the artist to create beautiful detailed images.

Dynasty smaltimosaic.com created a new process to make antique smalti mosaic(Byzantine glass mosaic tile ) with more than 70% recycle glass and modern smalti mosaic are with 30% recycle glass, until now we have more than 400 colors and new colors are coming out every month. Antique smalti mosaic are special with soft colors and more near many national stone, Until now only Dynastic smalti has this type of smalti, suitable for making Byzantine design or renew anticque works.

As traditional smalti mosaic, Dynasty smalti slab are made in the factory in Beijing by hand with new technology, then cut these opaque glass slab to tesserae.