An artist at heart since the age of 14, Joséphine Machalani has always considered creation as an essential language. Based in Balma, near Toulouse, she has been developing her personal visual universe since 2025, affirming her identity as an emerging artist at the beginning of a career she intends to build with rigor and transparency.
Her contemporary approach is distinguished by a hybrid technique she invented and refined: a method of manual pixelization that merges the precision of digital aesthetics with the materiality of painting. Each work is born from a meticulous process — matching digital colors to a custom acrylic palette and transposing them onto a three-dimensional canvas. This patient and methodical practice transforms the image into a vibrant mosaic, where each pixel becomes a tangible brushstroke.
Her work places authenticity at the core of artistic expression. Joséphine insists on absolute fidelity: her visuals must be reproduced with strict accuracy, ensuring that the viewer’s experience remains true to the original intent.
Today, she stands as an emerging artist driven by the ambition to turn her lifelong passion into a full-time profession. Her paintings, at the crossroads of digital modernity and traditional craftsmanship, invite audiences into a singular experience where technical innovation meets emotional depth.
Design Description
Pixel is a constructed presence — a face assembled square by square, where each fragment becomes a deliberate choice.
Over time, viewers began to see something unexpected in it: a resemblance to the artist herself.
Not a portrait, not an intention — but an echo that appeared on its own.
The brick-built composition preserves this duality: a figure that stands independently, yet carries a subtle trace of the one who created it.
Its geometry, contrasts, and rhythm form an identity that feels familiar without ever being literal.
Each brick becomes a small declaration, shaping a face that reveals more than it imitates.
Pixel is not Joséphine — but it has become a quiet reflection of her, held together, brick by brick.
All Brick Mosaic kits include:
Transparent baseplates
All the bricks you need (and some extra)
Brick separator
Building instructions manual
Dimensions
Dimension(WxH):
Number of bricks:
Number of colors:
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 1493 reviews.
The frame was easy to put together and fits the mosaic Brick Me perfectly. Very pleased with the finished product.
This is a great build, love it. Everything is included to help you make an awesome gift or show piece. I’m currently working on another personalized gift for someone. Great product, a must have!
Really happy with this.
Super easy to design my own picture from scratch.
Quick delivery once the order had been placed, nice easy to follow instructions, pieces in separate numbered bags to make it simple to follow.
Will definitely use again and probably go bigger next time with a more intricate design.
I must say I didn't expect it to be so big but its so impressive. Instructions were clear and easy to follow. I have to admit my fingers were sore.
The frame instructions were also easy to follow and certainly finishes off the mosaic.
All in all a very satisfying experience.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Such a fun and unique personalised creation!
Absolutely love the Brick Me Custom Design Brick Mosaic! The 3x3 baseplate size is perfect for creating a beautiful, detailed piece of artwork from your favourite photo. Such a clever and creative concept, and I love that you get to build your own personalised masterpiece brick by brick!
It’s a fun, rewarding project and makes such a special keepsake or gift. A fantastic way to turn a favourite memory into something you can proudly display. Highly recommend! 🧱❤️
This was a present for my wife who loved building it and couldn't wait to get if framed and up on our wall. It has pride of place in our hallway at the top of our stairs.
The paper templates placed under the see through base plates and numbered tiles made it super easy to build. It was very satisfying seeing it come together tile by tile.
Highly recommended.
My wife and I like to commonerate amazing games we've played together. We're super happy with how it turned out and putting it together was great.
Will definitely order again!
Bought this for a wedding rehearsal dinner activity. All we kept hearing was how great it was to get everyone intermingling… even had some competition. I was particularly happy to see we had extra pieces in case event went awry. We found it was difficult on fingers and nails but highly recommend using needle nose pliers for quicker placement and removal. Included “tool” was nice but we lost pieces to it at some point. It was easy to pack for flights and we finished later at home. About to surprise couple soon.
I absolutely LOVE my Kylie! Brick Me originally didn't have a Kylie portrait, and I expressed my wish that they had one. Next thing I know, they emailed back and let me know they added two styles to choose from! Talk about AMAZING customer service!!! Thank you Brick Me! Britney is my next one!
This was a wonderful build. The assembly went quickly, and the results are exactly what we hoped. These are our beloved dogs, and rendering their sweet faces in mosaic was perfect.
Awesome company; kits are organized, directions clear---I recommend BrickMe wholeheartedly.
Beth Tully
Everything we needed to complete the mural was included! This was a community build project, completed by festival attendees. The templates were easy to follow, making it ideal for everyone to work on the project. We are very satisfied with our choice of Brick me and will order again for next year's festival.
Beautiful and beyond my expectations. In addition I have added some lights to bring my brick me to life. Very happy and surprised by the incredible effect when you get more distant from the my brick me picture. Thank you
SO very grateful for the help option Brick Me offers. I uploaded the picture, gave a brief description of the details I wanted to see and the look I wanted. In 24 hours I got back exactly the picture I was trying to accomplish. Perfect!! Thank you so much! Highly recommend!
Product was great but instructions for the aluminum frame were horrible. Instructions print was way too small and hard to read. Could have used a few diagrams instead of text. Videos showing how to assemble the frame ran way too fast to catch onto what needs to be done. In some cases, the video camera skewed to the side so you could only see half of what was going on. Once we figured it out, the frame itself looked good.
Store owner replied:
Hi Olga, thank you for your review, and sorry for the slow reply. We’ve sent you an email to help get this sorted. The good news is that the gaps are easy to fix by adjusting how the corner brackets are aligned, and the email will explain how. - The Brick Me team
Very fun and easier than expected. It turned out great!
The original Bick me wasn’t exactly the way we wanted it. We communicated with Customer Service at Brick me and they worked with us to make the picture bigger and clearer. The final result couldn’t have been better and couldn’t have made us happier if we tried. The people at Brick me are the most helpful and work very closely to make sure you get exactly what you want. I recommend them without reservation. And by the way, it’s a lot of fun putting the bricks together to make your gorgeous picture
Looking for a special birthday gift that would also mark the launch of my son's private practice in psychology, I uploaded his newly minted business card to BrickMe. I wasn't thrilled with the computer generated mock-up: the letters, which should easily have had straight, clean edges came out pixelated. I reached out to let the company know that I wanted their product but didn't like the mock-up. The helpful folk at BrickMe tweaked the proof image and I was happy enough to click BUY. Very happy with the final product.
