She has a distinctive style of creating mosaics using stained glass, smalti, ceramic tiles, metal pieces, rocks, slate and even burnt
wood! The sky is the limit and she is always experimenting with different concepts and styles. She has recently started creating bird mosaics and enjoys working with the bold and beautiful colors in glass with special focus on the key
features. Glass-on-glass mosaics is another addition.
Vaiju's inspiration: Quite simply put...from Gaudi to Verdiano Marzi! She is an avid
traveler and visited over 20 countries. During her trips to Turkey and Spain, she was
fascinated by the beauty of Gaudi's mosaic work at Barcelona. That drew her into the
world of mosaic and she decided to master it. She enjoyed creating art fusions
combining two different art forms. Vaiju attended an advanced mosaic workshop at
Chicago Mosaic School, conducted by the renowned artist Verdiano Marzi. This was an
inspiring experience where she trained to focus on the flow, rhythm and composition of
the mosaic and how to work on synergism between materials, shape and content. She
recently travelled to Ravenna, Italy to learn from another renowned artist – Luciana
Notturni. It was a very learning experience who taught her the grace/movement in
mosaic art. Vaiju’s oil paintings have picturesque scenes from many countries. She loves to observe the obviously beautiful and the sometimes quirky scenes around her. One glimpse at her art and you can see that she is a truly global artist!