While traveling extensively through Europe, founder Ted Acworth has come across a number of museums and Roman archaeological sites that have exquisite ancient mosaics on display. Being surrounded by art made up of thousands of small tesserea, color properties from the physical material itself, enduring thousands of years led him to appreciate that mosaic is a physical, tangible art form unlike any other.

When Ted was building his home, he investigated mosaic as an option in the bathrooms, kitchen, and patio. He found the process of commissioning an original mosaic installation was too complicated, time consuming, and way out of reach financially. As a mechanical engineer by trade, this sparked his interest in designing a solution. He explored the idea of bringing modern technological production techniques, along with the latest artistic concepts, to the ancient art form of mosaic.

Since 2005 Ted has been studying mosaic art and developing the technology. Partnering with established artists who have experience designing, fabricating, and installing mosaic, Artaic is now creating custom mosaic that brings the art form to a new level.