{"id":1914,"date":"2019-09-24T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T05:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudmuller.com\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2023-09-24T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:21:00","slug":"starting-to-work-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/starting-to-work-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting to work in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-1915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4912-e1569319505159.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4912-e1569319505159.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4912-e1569319505159-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_4912-e1569319505159-420x560.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>air vent in Julong Garden<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"908\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5226.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5226.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5226-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>getting my perspectives right<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5179-e1569319133543.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5179-e1569319133543.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5179-e1569319133543-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>design by Sanny Wroblewski<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This air vent structure is standing around in a beautiful spot under big plantain trees in our compound in Beijing. When I saw it I thought it would give a good object to decorate with mosaic. The management of the compound agreed and I set of to start to draw it, take measurements etc. My newly found old friend Sanny Wroblewski (whom I met already 5 years ago when we were posted in Turkey) joined me with her graphic design skills to turn the ugly cement blog into a dragon. The compound is named &#8211; Julong Hua Yuan &#8211; which means all dragons garden. One day we set off to get dragon- inspired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-1925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5116-e1569320257878.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Julong Garden south entrance<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5113.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Julong Garden dragon wall<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-1924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5114-e1569320220412-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>fierce &#8211; traditional ?<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"wp-image-1919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5187.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5187.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_5187-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>fierce &#8211; disney?<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was fun. Now the work begins: finding tiles and cement, fibre netting and transparent adhesive, getting the tools and the production process ready. The idea is to involve the community of the compound. The tricky point is: its all in Chinese. Today with the help of my housekeeper Xu I talked to a tile selling company. It works like this: I write my points in English on the WeChat app to Xu, she translates it into Chinese in the app and then can chat with the tile manufacturer in the south of China on the Taobao platform which is the Ebay equivalent here. A bit complicated but it worked!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-1921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0209.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0209.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0209-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_0209-420x560.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This air vent structure is standing around in a beautiful spot under big plantain trees in our compound in Beijing. When I saw it I thought it would give a good object to decorate with mosaic. The management of the compound agreed and I set of to start to draw it, take measurements etc. My newly found old friend Sanny Wroblewski (whom I met already 5 years ago when we were posted in Turkey) joined me with her graphic design skills to turn the ugly cement blog into a dragon. The compound is named &#8211; Julong Hua Yuan &#8211; which means all dragons garden. One day we set off to get dragon- inspired. That was fun. Now the work begins: finding tiles and cement, fibre netting and transparent adhesive, getting the tools and the production process ready. The idea is to involve the community of the compound. The tricky point is: its all in Chinese. Today with the help of my housekeeper Xu I talked to a tile selling company. It works like this: I &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,90,86,85,79],"tags":[131,102],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-posts-en","category-community-mosaics-en","category-galleries-en","category-mosaics-architectural-surfaces-en","category-mosaics-china-en","tag-china-mosaics-en","tag-community-mosaic-making-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6897,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/6897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}