An Opus Sectile and Mosaic panel By James Powell (Whitefriars). Commissioned in 1941 by W.E.S. Turner in loving memory of his wife Mary Isobel (1876-1939) ........... Permission to photograph given by the Turner Museum.

MOSAIC PANEL . 5ft 3in. X 4ft.

MOSAIC PANEL .  5ft 3in. X 4ft.

OPUS SECTILE IS MADE FROM GROUND GLASS.




This video from the Corning Museum shows how ground glass is used.
At Whitefriars the ground glass would have been sprinkled onto large sheets and then fused. These sheets of glass are then cut much like stained glass. Designs are painted onto the larger pieces and then fired again.