You remember my blog about the Lizard mosaic I made with my friends? On March 26 we (Mabes the mason and I) installed it in an orphanage in Ceilandia, one of the Satellite cities of Brasilia. It was lots of dust and debris as half the wall came off when Mabes took off the tiles! But in the end all happy and colorful!
On June 6-9 2017 mosaics produced at the Mosaic Moments Studio Brasilia were admired by many visitors in the landscape of a beautiful gardens in Lago Sul / Brasilia.
Brazilian Tile , 41x41cm , hand cut ceramic tile pieces glued on fibre netting, grouted with black tile grout, mounted on black mdf board The call for artists for works inspired by textile&tesserae of the Institute of Mosaic Art, Berkely, encouraged me to pursue an already existing idea – to translate designs originally created for textiles into mosaic. When I moved to Brazil I became enchanted by the floral patterns of the textiles of the North East. In search for a motive for my first “Brazilian” mosaic, I remembered these textile patterns as ultimate designs of Brazil – colorful, big, bold, dynamic and yet humble as they depict nature – flowers and leafs. Embracing the adventure and leaving my field of expertise – roman style mosaics made out of natural stone – I created my first Brazilian mosaic out of ceramic tiles. The new material – ceramic tile – was also a choice because it is a common material to decorate floors and walls in Brazilian homes. It fitted my philosophy to create mosaics …
