The artist's hand
Mosaic work demands patience, precision, and respect for the materials themselves
Craftsman
Twenty years of Doing Mosaic Art
Twenty years of Doing Mosaic Art
Savas Arazbey is a mosaic artist based in Naperville, Illinois. Educated in Turkey, where he also earned his degree in Pharmacy, Arazbey’s artistic journey began early through formal visual arts training during his secondary education. While he owned and operated his own pharmacy for over twenty years, art remained a quiet but persistent presence in his life.
His work has been exhibited at Naperville Art League, La Grange Art League – Gallery 338, Burning Bush / Schoenherr Gallery (North Central College), and the Delphi Art Creative Center in Michigan, where he received Merit and Best of Show awards. Following these exhibitions, he was invited to teach at the Naperville Art League and has continued instructing both private and group classes at La Grange Art League – The Crafters Gallery, Morris, Ed Hoy’s, and local glass studios in Glen Ellyn.
Savas Arazbey is a mosaic artist based in Naperville, Illinois. Educated in Turkey, where he also earned his degree in Pharmacy, Arazbey’s artistic journey began early through formal visual arts training during his secondary education. While he owned and operated his own pharmacy for over twenty years, art remained a quiet but persistent presence in his life.
His work has been exhibited at Naperville Art League, La Grange Art League – Gallery 338, Burning Bush / Schoenherr Gallery (North Central College), and the Delphi Art Creative Center in Michigan, where he received Merit and Best of Show awards. Following these exhibitions, he was invited to teach at the Naperville Art League and has continued instructing both private and group classes at La Grange Art League – The Crafters Gallery, Morris, Ed Hoy’s, and local glass studios in Glen Ellyn.
Process
How the work gets made
How the work gets made
Each piece begins with intention and ends with discovery.
The work unfolds slowly, guided by material rather than a fixed design.
Glass, surface, and light determine the direction of each composition.The process is deliberate—allowing form to emerge through attention, repetition, and restraint.
Material leads the composition
Each fragment carries its own character
The hand responds, not controls
The artist's hand
Mosaic work demands patience, precision, and respect for the materials themselves
Craftsman
Twenty years of Doing Mosaic Art
Savas Arazbey is a mosaic artist based in Naperville, Illinois. Educated in Turkey, where he also earned his degree in Pharmacy, Arazbey’s artistic journey began early through formal visual arts training during his secondary education. While he owned and operated his own pharmacy for over twenty years, art remained a quiet but persistent presence in his life.
His work has been exhibited at Naperville Art League, La Grange Art League – Gallery 338, Burning Bush / Schoenherr Gallery (North Central College), and the Delphi Art Creative Center in Michigan, where he received Merit and Best of Show awards. Following these exhibitions, he was invited to teach at the Naperville Art League and has continued instructing both private and group classes at La Grange Art League – The Crafters Gallery, Morris, Ed Hoy’s, and local glass studios in Glen Ellyn.
Process
How the work gets made
Each piece begins with intention and ends with discovery.
The work unfolds slowly, guided by material rather than a fixed design.
Glass, surface, and light determine the direction of each composition.The process is deliberate—allowing form to emerge through attention, repetition, and restraint.
The work speaks
Broken pieces hold their own truth
I listen and arrange accordingly