PEBBLE POWER: John Botica has a passion for the texture and patterns of pebble mosaics

摘要

Spend a moment or two examining the smooth swirls and undulating lines of pebble mosaics and they draw you in. Soon you find yourself poring over individual pebbles and exclaiming over their beauty. Aucklander John Botica caught the pebble mosaic bugthree years ago when his uncle gave him a book on this ancient art. John was already an accomplished mosaicist, using bright ceramic tiles, and he was instantly intrigued by the textures and patterns that could be created using only natural pebbles. Since then, he says, pebble mosaics have become "the greatest passion of my life".