{"id":2017,"date":"2019-12-02T20:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudmuller.com\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:48:32","slug":"all-in-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/all-in-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"All in Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of November I was in Chongqing for the annual meeting and exhibition of the View Stone Association of China. A view stone or appreciation stone is a stone in which one sees an image or design. At the annual meeting a couple of hundred people from all over China got together to appreciate their stones. I was absolutely fascinated by the different images that people see in these stones.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landscapes &#8230;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5803-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5804-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5813-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5826-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5855-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Animals&#8230;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5816-rotated-1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5854.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5861-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5867-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5806-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numbers and letters ..<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fullsizeoutput_361e.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5824-rotated-1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5860-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5870-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food &#8230;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5819.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5821-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5829-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People &#8230;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5807-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5857-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5863-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5874-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5875-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5880-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_5881-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rule is to just find these stones &#8211; no alterations by human hand except cleaning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the conference I was invited to talk about natural stone mosaics. Paloma Sanchez &#8211; Gemologist and jewellery designer in Beijing, who invited me to this conference and exhibition spoke about using natural stone in modern jewellery design. We both enjoyed the trip very much. It brought us in contact with deep China.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>During the opening ceremony of the exhibition<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me it was fascination with the contemplative art of appreciation of nature and an inspiration to pick up stones now and then and have a look if I can discover something in them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of November I was in Chongqing for the annual meeting and exhibition of the View Stone Association of China. A view stone or appreciation stone is a stone in which one sees an image or design. At the annual meeting a couple of hundred people from all over China got together to appreciate their stones. I was absolutely fascinated by the different images that people see in these stones. Landscapes &#8230; Animals&#8230; Numbers and letters .. Food &#8230;. People &#8230;. The rule is to just find these stones &#8211; no alterations by human hand except cleaning. During the conference I was invited to talk about natural stone mosaics. Paloma Sanchez &#8211; Gemologist and jewellery designer in Beijing, who invited me to this conference and exhibition spoke about using natural stone in modern jewellery design. We both enjoyed the trip very much. It brought us in contact with deep China. For me it was fascination with the contemplative art of appreciation of nature and an inspiration to pick up stones now and then &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts-en","category-mosaics-around-the-world-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","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=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6883,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/6883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}