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MADE IN FÈS, MOROCCO.Composed for your space.
mosaicATELIER
THE GLOBAL MOSAIC LIBRARY

Many origins.
New compositions.

A dialogue between heritage, color and the spaces we inhabit. Discover distinct influences, explore their geometry, and compose a surface of your own.

Desert diamonds

Your selected composition, in context. Scale and color are illustrative.

Explore a color direction
La Guajira · Colombia & Venezuela

A woven rhythm. A new surface.

Diamonds, zigzags and open lattices, composed from individual square pieces. Three original studies informed by research into the living textile knowledge of Wayuu people.

Contemporary development studies, not traditional Indigenous tilework or reproductions of named kanaas. Artist collaboration remains to be established.

Origins, sources & collaboration

Wayuu-inspired. Desert diamonds. Original palette.

01 / DISCOVER

Find your starting point.

Follow an influence, a shape or a color that speaks to your space.

02 / COMPOSE

Make every piece yours.

Change glazes, adjust scale and build a border around the design.

03 / DEVELOP

Bring it into the room.

Preview your composition, save its specification and request a physical sample.

9 studies

Wayuu-inspired · Contemporary study

Desert diamonds

Nested angular diamonds, built from a repeat of individual square tesserae.

square · 64-piece repeat
Wayuu-inspired · Contemporary study

Chromatic passage

A measured zigzag moving across the surface in three interwoven colors.

square · 64-piece repeat
Wayuu-inspired · Contemporary study

Quiet interlace

An open geometric lattice in a contemporary, restrained palette.

square · 64-piece repeat
Muisca-inspired · Contemporary study

Terracotta terraces

An original stepped rhythm in warm clay, chalk and charcoal.

square · 64-piece repeat
Muisca-inspired · Contemporary study

Ochre cadence

Alternating angular bands explored as a modular architectural field.

square · 64-piece repeat
Muisca-inspired · Contemporary study

Highland court

A symmetrical, concentric composition in a mineral-inspired palette.

square · 64-piece repeat
Contemporary geometry · Cut-piece concept

Lozenge passage

An elongated rhombus fitted with four triangular pieces in a rectangular repeat.

rhombus + triangle · 5-piece repeat
Contemporary geometry · Cut-piece concept

Folded cadence

Eight triangular pieces assemble into an alternating angular rhythm.

triangle · 8-piece repeat
Contemporary geometry · Cut-piece concept

Crossed mineral bands

Eight rectangular bars form a balanced, rotating field in three glaze roles.

rectangle · 8-piece repeat
YOUR COMPOSITION

Desert diamonds

Square tessera · 2.5 × 2.5 cm edge Designed as individual cut pieces, never a printed motif.

Development study
Desert diamonds · contemporary Wayuu-inspired study, woven-diamond mosaic pattern
Light on the glaze

Digital material study. 64 individual pieces · 8 × 8 base-grid repeat · 20 × 20 cm Repeat: 7.87 in / 20 cm wide × 7.87 in / 20 cm high.

See the pieces & repeat
Uncolored assembly drawing of Desert diamonds, showing all 64 piece boundaries

64 pieces. One repeat.

square

Square tessera · 2.5 × 2.5 cm edge

Square piece size: 0.98 in / 2.5 cm
Repeat: 7.87 in / 20 cm × 7.87 in / 20 cm

Assembly concept. Workshop tolerances and grout joints are resolved with the physical sample.
Inspiration & design context

The broad angular and rhombic vocabulary has a textile research basis. This square-tessera arrangement and its title are original; no named kanaas or inherited meaning is assigned.

Original contemporary composition. Not traditional Indigenous tilework.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Bring this composition into your project.

Save your exact design with its intended surface. Download a measured piece schedule, or prepare a sample and pricing conversation.

From design to a physical sample

The specification contains numbered individual pieces, nominal dimensions in inches and centimetres, glaze roles, research sources and the full editable recipe. Your maker confirms tolerances, joints, suitability and price. These studies have no approved stock or production price yet; cultural collaboration and physical sampling remain part of development.

PROVENANCE & PEOPLE

Keep the story with the surface.

These are original development studies. The Wayuu- and Muisca-inspired collections identify an influence, not community authorship or endorsement. The contemporary cut-piece studies carry no historical attribution. Artist collaboration and physical sampling are the next stage.

Research you can follow.

References still being studied

Kanas: dibujos tradicionales Wayuú (1989) is a bibliographic lead. Its full motif plates have not been reviewed in this research pass. Public access does not confer commercial reproduction rights.

Designed with people, not just references.

A future commercial collection should include paid artists and community advisers from its inception. Agree on permitted forms and uses, names, authorship, compensation and approvals before production.

There is no signed Indigenous partnership behind these studies today. We keep that status visible while developing original geometry and seeking the right collaborators.

A growing global library

Historic sources, living traditions and contemporary design can all belong here, with their distinctions intact. Portuguese, Greek and other influences can join through their own research and collaboration. Shared shapes alone do not establish a shared cultural meaning.

AT YOUR SERVICE

A considered next step, whenever you need it.

Background drift and floating studies