Johona-Mai ~ A Kasia and Kyle Collaboration

Johona-Mai 

a stained glass mosaic sculpture for indoor/outdoor display

48in x 24in x 24in

 2017 

by Kasia Polkowska and Kyle Cunniff 

Permanently Installation at the Mystic Valley Sculpture Park
 
Click the link below to see lots of process photos and the full blog post on this sculpture:  

http://www.kasiamosaics.com/2017/01/a-mosaic-matryoshka-doll-collaboraion.html

Johona-Mai was sculpted by hand and is adorned in a modern, colorful, hand cut stained glass mosaic pattern. Her form originates from Russia, where the first Matryoshka Doll was made and has since become a symbol in Eastern European Culture where Kasia was born.  Today the doll has a place in contemporary pop culture around the world. The form of our doll was kept traditional to inspire the nostalgia one often feels when laying eyes on a nesting doll.  The decorative motif highlights the purity of the form with color, pattern and the innocence of a flower often present on traditional dolls but with a contemporary flair.

 

Johona-Mai was part of 3 different public art programs in Alamosa, Carbondale and in Manitou Springs. She won the people's choice award in both Alamosa and Carbondale. Click this link to see the Alamosa Installation: http://www.kasiamosaics.com/2017/07/johona-mai-sculpture-installation.html

 

To see photos from the 1st Mount Blanca Photo Shoot, go here: http://www.kasiamosaics.com/2017/01/johona-mai-stained-glass-mosaic.html