Artist in Mosaic & Glass

Judith Wadia

Warmth, color, dynamic form and excitement

Judith Wadia's work brings warmth, color, dynamic form and excitement to completed projects. Her close collaboration with architects and their clients result in her art being an integral part of the overall design of the interior and exterior of buildings.

She studied mosaic at the Scoula di Mosaici in Ravenna, Italy, and architectural glass with Jacques Duval at the New School in New York.

She has successfully completed many private residential and public art projects. Her public art projects include three train stations, schools, a park, a motor vehicle station and several religious buildings.

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The Ancient Art

Mosaic

Mosaic is one of the oldest and most durable art forms. Floors and walls that were created 1000 to 2000 years ago are still as bright and beautiful as when they were new. It is now possible to see mosaics at Roman sites, in ancient religious buildings and in many museums. Today mosaic is enjoying a renaissance and contemporary works are widely used in public art projects and are an integral component in many new buildings.

Mosaics are completely weather resistant, color fast, graffiti proof and when set in concrete are practically indestructible. The individual pieces (called tesserae or smalti), are either natural stone or solid opaque glass. The smalti, which is imported from Italy, are available in hundreds of both strong and subtle colors.

Mosaics are assembled in sections off site on appropriate backing and then brought to the site for installation. Some possible interior and exterior applications include murals, floors, pavers, stair risers, columns, fountains, friezes, borders and furniture inserts.

Judith Wadia's glass and mosaic studio has the experience and expertise to design original and distinctive works of art that become an integral part of the architecture, landscape design and interior design. Projects are completed on time and on budget.

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Light & Color

Glass

Leaded glass is an art form that began in the middle ages. The great cathedrals used elaborate, pure bold stained glass windows to illustrate stories from the bible and to depict the different occupations and scenes from everyday life. The methods of creating a stained glass window today are very similar to those used in the 12th century. Mosques and other Islamic buildings incorporate colorful geometric patterns. These striking lites are composed of very thick glass set in a cement/plaster matrix. They closely resemble contemporary slab glass.

Hand made or mouth blown glass has special qualities that cannot be found in machine made glass. The many irregularities, bubbles and striations catch the changing light and bring the glass to life. Actually stained glass is not stained. Various metal compounds such as iron, copper and chromium are added to the molten glass to produce the desired color. These jewel like colors never fade nor lose their vibrancy.

The glass that is used in the leaded glass installations is available in a wide color range. It is mouth blown glass that has been opened into sheets and has an irregular texture of tiny bubbles and striations that catch the light. The glass is imported from France, Germany and Poland.

Slab glass is 1 inch thick and set in an epoxy resin matrix. The resulting panels are extremely durable and ideally suited for public spaces. Very bold compositions are possible. Slab glass panels can be components in a curtain wall, inserts in a brick or concrete wall or elements in a freestanding sculpture. Slab glass is made in West Virginia in an extensive color range.

Modern glass works very well as an integral part of contemporary architecture. It introduces intense color and excitement to an interior space during the day and to the exterior at night.

Judith Wadia's glass and mosaic studio has the experience and expertise to design original and distinctive works of art that become an integral part of the architecture, landscape design and interior design. Projects are completed on time and on budget.

Portfolio

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Experience

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Union Baptist Church, White Plains, NY — Victor Body Lawson, AIA, Body Lawson Assoc. . . . 14'x9' stained glass
Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center — Jim Bermel, AIA, Breger Bermel . . . 11' x 24' mosaic water wall
Edison Rail Station Plaza — NJ Transit — Rob Angelo, AIA, STV Architects . . . mosaic site furnishings & labyrinth

Public Art Commissions

Bus Shelter Project, Summit, NJ — Summit Arts . . . slab glass panels
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station, Hoboken, NJ — Ed Pang, AIA, Fox & Fowle Architects . . . platform mosaics
Bay Street Station, Montclair, NJ — NJ Transit . . . mosaic seating and wall panels
Crotona Park, Bronx, NY — Len Greco, RLA, Vollmer Assoc., NYC Parks Department . . . mosaic seat walls
Pavonia-Newport PATH Station, Jersey City, NJ — Port Authority of NY & NJ . . . 8 mosaic murals
Aidekman Neuroscience Research Center, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ . . . stained glass and tapestry
South Brunswick Motor Vehicle Inspection Facility, S. Brunswick, NJ — David Pease, AIA . . . mosaic columns
Salem County Regional Day School, Woodland, NJ — William Gallo, AIA . . . mosaic wall/fountain

Other Commissions in Public Places (selected)

Reading Hospital, W. Reading, PA — Wells Appel Land Strategies — Amoroso, RLA . . . Healing Garden mosaic wall
Harlem Children's Zone, New York, NY — Davis Brody Bond . . . mosaic logo
Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, NY — Don Petruncola, AIA, Liscum, McCormack, Vanvoorhis . . . mosaic
Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, NJ — Terrill McLean, AIA . . . mosaic
Hartford Hospital, CT — S/L/A/M Collaborative, Rick Herzer, AIA . . . chapel stained glass
St. John's Univ. Meditation Room, Queens, NY — John Major, AIA, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott . . . stained glass
Rockhill Mennonite Community, Sellarsville, PA — Diseroad Wolff, Architects . . . 11' x 43' poolside mosaic wall
Bally's Casino, Atlantic City, NJ — Daroff Design, Inc. . . . 8 mosaic murals
Lutheran Home of Oceanview, Oceanview, NJ — Chuck Clauser, AIA, Costanza Spector Clauser . . . tapestry
Harrah's Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, NJ — David Jacobson Assoc., PA . . . mosaic and wood assemblages
Meadow Lakes Retirement Community, Heightstown, NJ . . . stained glass

Religious Buildings

St. Margaret's Catholic Church, Bel Air, MD — Jonathan Lessem, AIA, Ziger/Snead . . . mosaic baptistery floor
Newark Gospel Tabernacle Church, Newark, NJ — Wilson Woodridge Architects . . . 12' mosaic cross
Union Chapel AME Church, Newark, NJ — E. Harvey Myers, AIA . . . 12 stained glass windows
Bethany Baptist Church, Syracuse, NY — L. Apgar AIA . . . 21' x 28' stained glass window with African designs
Saint Walburga Chapel, Elizabeth, NJ — Greg Arner, AIA . . . gold leaf mosaic and sandblasted glass
Princeton Jewish Center, Princeton, NJ — Abraham Goodman, AIA . . . stained glass — Days of Creation
Union Catholic High School, Scotch Plains, NJ — Ron Bertone, AIA . . . stained glass window for convent chapel
Lincroft Bible Church, Lincroft, NJ — Edmond Gaunt, AIA, Kaplan Gaunt DeSantis . . . stained glass
Saint Augustine's Chapel, Richland, NJ — Laurence Merighi, AIA, Manders Merighi . . . stained glass
Reformed Church of Highland Park, Highland Park, NJ . . . stained glass for meditation chapel
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Contact

For commissions, collaborations, or inquiries about Judith Wadia's mosaic and glass artwork, please reach out via email.

judith@judithwadia.com
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