{"id":4448,"date":"2022-08-19T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2023-09-24T15:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:16:25","slug":"pique-assiette-using-ancient-chinese-porcelain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mosaicmoments.de\/en\/pique-assiette-using-ancient-chinese-porcelain\/","title":{"rendered":"Pique Assiette using ancient Chinese porcelain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pique Assiette<\/a> is a mosaic technique that was invented around 1930 by a grave yard digger in Chatre in northern France. \u00a0He decorated his house in- and outside with shards from broken plates and cups. “Pique assiette – Picked up plates” since then has developed into a well known mosaic technique. I would say in the past 10 years the technique saw a revival. Famous artists like Gila Rayberg<\/a> in the US use this technique masterfully to make their projects.<\/p>\n

When SuNan from the porcelain studio Caicifang in Beijing contacted me about an exhibition of my mosaic art and workshops in their studio, I was intrigued to use this technique with ancient Chinese porcelain shards.<\/p>\n

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One of the neighbouring shops of Caicifang is a sculptor who makes the mascot of Beijing – the rabbit god in many different shapes and colours. There is a lovely story about this mascot:<\/p>\n

The rabbit is the pet of the moon goddess Chang-e. When there was a plague in Beijing and inhabitants of the city fell ill and died, it pitied Chang-e and she sent her pet the rabbit down from the moon to Beijing with healing herbs to help cure the people from the disease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I picked this motive for the workshops for this very timely story during the pandemic and of the simple features of a rabbit – his ears.<\/p>\n

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Rabbit God, 2021, 18x12cm, Pique Assiette&Kintsugi, Caicifang Gallery, Beijing<\/p><\/div>\n

The workshop became a hit. The ancient shards with their multifacetted \u00a0patterns and forms let many funny creatures appear. What fun this was.<\/p>\n

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