Piazza Armerina

•January 31, 2010 • Leave a Comment

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Sicily, Italy

Fabrice

•January 29, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Mozaïek op Marie Heinekenplein, originally uploaded by aloxe.

Fabrice
Marie Heinekenplein, Amsterdam, Nederland

Victory Column

•January 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Berlin, Germany


This is my last picture of the Victory Column in Berlin. It show the Mosaic at the Bottom of the Column. The Column was build to remember on the second formation of a German Empire End of the 19th Century. If you know a bit about German history it is fascinating and weird to see all this people on a classic mosaic , that you maybe already know from very old historic photos. It seems to be obvious that they all try to look like the antic roman conqueror.

Saint Pudentiana

•January 18, 2010 • 2 Comments

This is part of a mosaic in the apse of the 4th century church of Santa Pudenziana in Rome, Italy.

Sailing Ship: One of a Pair

•January 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment

On MDF plaque, used scrap recycled stained glass pieces for the ship. I cut the other tiles into quarters to form tiny triangles. Black grout, sides painted black

Kathie Luther
Indian River, Michigan , USA

In Adelaide

•January 16, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Cool mosaic, originally uploaded by mykalel.

Adelaide, South Australia

“15 bocas”

•January 15, 2010 • Leave a Comment


mosaico-104 “15 bocas” (19-02-2009) (70 x 50cm.)

Mosaicos con los tonos naturales de las conchas del litoral de Valencia (España)
Forma parte del grupo “El arte en el mosaico”

Black Friar Pub, London

•January 14, 2010 • 1 Comment

The Black Friar at 174 Queen Victoria Street, EC4 is a narrow ‘flat-iron’ wedge shaped pub, built in 1875 near the site of a thirteenth century Dominican Priory. A masterpiece of Art-Nouveau styling and the only pub of it’s type in London, it was saved from the 1960s bulldozers only by an outcry led by Sir John Betjeman, who later became the Poet Laureate.

The outside was decorated by Royal Academy sculpror Henry Poole (1873-1928) in 1903 and the pub’s name is proudly displayed in mosaic tiles. Though unusual and pleasing, the exterior does not prepare you for the extraordinary interior. The ground floor interior was remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark, using multi-coloured marble, mosaics, bronze reliefs of jolly-looking monks, and decorative touches such as the elaborate fire-basket with goblin ends. Above the fireplace, a large bas-relief bronze depicts frolicking friars singing carols and playing instruments. Another called ‘Saturday Afternoon’ shows them gathering grapes and harvesting apples. More monks are collecting fish and eels for their meatless days, while one is just about to boil an egg!

Three low arches lead into a smaller bar, added after the First World War. Below a beautiful arched mosaic ceiling, are mottos of wisdom, such as, ‘finery is foolery’ and ‘don’t advertise, tell a gossip’ together with .’haste is slow’ and ‘industry is all’.
Even the light fittings are carved wooden monks carrying yokes on their shoulders, from which the lights hang.

The Black Friar’s interior is literally a work of art. It was begun in 1904, with sculptors Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick T. Callcott and Henry Poole contributing to its glory.

ONE

•January 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment

ONE mosaic Kathy Thaden, originally uploaded by thadenmosaics.

Kathy Thaden, Colorado, USA
Created for One.org

And if you just happen to be spending your Saturdays near Westminster, CO in February and March, why not spend your afternoons doing a mosaic workshop!

57 in Parap

•January 12, 2010 • Leave a Comment

57 in Parap, originally uploaded by GeoWombats.

Parap, Darwin, Australia