Author: gertrud

Leaving Brazil and looking ahead towards the EAST ….

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Last glance into my studio in Brasilia . I am leaving with a laughing and crying eye for Beijing/China this month together with my family. Crying because I had the most wonderful 3 years in this room, made an immense advancement in technique and conceptual development of mosaic projects and gained a lot of experience in teaching the craft. And most importantly I made a lot of good friends. I can not thank my neighbor Cida Carvalho enough for all her support and my students who became true friends. Laughing because Gabriela Urquiola (standing)- a Bolivian architect bought the studio and is keeping roman mosaic and classes alive. I am sooo happy about this incredible coincidence that Gabriela came to Brasilia after living and working as a mosaicist in Rome for 11 years. And I am determined to build up a new mosaic moments studio in Beijing where we, as an expat family, are posted from Mid March 2019. There I will meet with Sani, I am friends with since my first mosaic days in …

MosaicMoments UNDP community mosaic recognized

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@ mosaic arts international exhibition in Nashville/TN/USA The Mosaic Arts International: Architectural & Site-Specific segment is a juried exhibit of the best in contemporary architectural and in situ mosaics from SAMA’s diverse international membership. This segment was juried by Kim Emerson, Award Winning Public Artist and Founder of the San Diego Mosaic School, San Diego, California, USA.   The 19 installations selected are represented at the Nashville Public Library Art Gallery through print and digital images, video, and a collection of ephemera provided by the artists.  Materials on display will including drawings, sketchbooks, materials samples and tools that will provide visitors a unique perspective into the process of creating a large-scale mosaic work. The exhibition features the works of 19 artists from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Brazil, including “Athos meets Gaudi” by Gertrud Müller, mosaic moments studio, Brasilia, Brazil. Gertrud Müller is a german national currently working in Brasilia, Brazil. She is the founder of mosaic moments studio where she is offering classes in classic mosaic and is organizing community mosaic projects next to her own mosaic work. …