A Mosaic walk through Brasilia
Last Saturday, my friend and well known mosaicist, Cida Carvalho, and me set off on a 3 hour walk through our current home town Brasilia. Being hungry after teaching our Saturday mosaic lessons we had lunch at the restaurant Dona Lenha, which was decorated by Cida with mosaics in trencadis or pique assiette style (the style that was used by Antonio Gaudi) . During a delicious fish with grilled vegetables and a glas of wine Cida told me the story of the mosaic – That the owner approached her with the idea of covering many of the walls in trencadis mosaic to give the restaurant the flair that goes with its mediterranean cuisine. It was a huge project covering many square meters of wall including the kitchen area. Cida tells me that a team of 8 people worked together for 4 month splitting the work in breaking tiles for 2 people and puzzling them together again, glueing them onto fibre netting and installing them at the restaurant. For parts of the benches a mosaic studio …