{"id":2475,"date":"2020-05-27T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gertrudmuller.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:41:28","slug":"installing-the-dragon-mosaic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/installing-the-dragon-mosaic\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing the Dragon Mosaic"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>23 of May was the big day for Julong Garden community. The dragon mosaic installation began.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/8C10306C-45AB-4D2F-81EB-8113404B7AE6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/8C10306C-45AB-4D2F-81EB-8113404B7AE6.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/8C10306C-45AB-4D2F-81EB-8113404B7AE6-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/8C10306C-45AB-4D2F-81EB-8113404B7AE6-420x560.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-2338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A6F7AB51-0666-4039-AD23-E838F915EFDE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A6F7AB51-0666-4039-AD23-E838F915EFDE.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A6F7AB51-0666-4039-AD23-E838F915EFDE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A6F7AB51-0666-4039-AD23-E838F915EFDE-420x560.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-2345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/94945005-3290-4937-94D8-1896CAD4D102-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The two local masons and their skills where impressive &#8211; they never installed a mosaic before and did this one with great diligence and calm despite the many spectators. I need to rely on the knowledge of these local craftsmen for the choice of cements as I have no experience with building material here in the tricky climate of Beijing with super hot and humid summers and frosty and dry winters. As I can only talk to them via a translation app trust was needed the more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-2326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7EA9F52A-80D8-4A22-AEE2-3D8594C202C1-e1592540068902.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2326\" data-link=\"https:\/\/gertrudmuller.com\/a-bit-complicated-but-it-worked\/7ea9f52a-80d8-4a22-aee2-3d8594c202c1\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7EA9F52A-80D8-4A22-AEE2-3D8594C202C1-e1592540068902.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7EA9F52A-80D8-4A22-AEE2-3D8594C202C1-e1592540068902-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/7EA9F52A-80D8-4A22-AEE2-3D8594C202C1-e1592540068902-420x560.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"wp-image-2328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BE32BD57-913B-49E6-808A-C6DAA7245259-e1592538605543.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2328\" data-link=\"https:\/\/gertrudmuller.com\/a-bit-complicated-but-it-worked\/be32bd57-913b-49e6-808a-c6daa7245259\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BE32BD57-913B-49E6-808A-C6DAA7245259-e1592538605543.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BE32BD57-913B-49E6-808A-C6DAA7245259-e1592538605543-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/mosaic2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BE32BD57-913B-49E6-808A-C6DAA7245259-e1592538605543-420x560.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Before installing they spend a weekend mending the rather depilated air vent structure so the mosaic could be installed.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 of May was the big day for Julong Garden community. The dragon mosaic installation began. The two local masons and their skills where impressive &#8211; they never installed a mosaic before and did this one with great diligence and calm despite the many spectators. I need to rely on the knowledge of these local craftsmen for the choice of cements as I have no experience with building material here in the tricky climate of Beijing with super hot and humid summers and frosty and dry winters. As I can only talk to them via a translation app trust was needed the more. Before installing they spend a weekend mending the rather depilated air vent structure so the mosaic could be installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,86,85,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-posts-en","category-galleries-en","category-mosaics-architectural-surfaces-en","category-mosaics-china-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475","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=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4102,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/4102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}