Word of the Day: Trencadis

Trencadis is a Catalan word (the language of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain) for a type of mosaic in which shards from waste tiles are used to clad buildings, a practice comparable to pique assiette (also called picassiette). [Art lex.com]

casa battló front, originally uploaded by parafix.

 

 

Trencadis, originally uploaded by juanma_gonzalez2003.

 

 

Trencadís Güell Park, originally uploaded by Svillegas.

 

 

Apex, originally uploaded by beakee.

Yes, another excuse to show some more Gaudi photos.

~ by mosaik on June 28, 2006.

Posted in Art Nouveau, Benches, Gaudi, Mosaic, Mosaic masters, Mosaic supplies, Spain, Twentieth Century Art, Wall Murals, Western Art Movements, flickr

3 Responses to “Word of the Day: Trencadis”

  1. It’s a pleasure to have a photograph in your blog. Good work!

    Sonia

    Svillegas said this on July 5, 2006 at 5:47 am

  2. Great blog….and a happy new year to you
    from Barcelona

    martinbrownart said this on January 17, 2007 at 3:20 am

  3. [...] extraordinary, and even more so when I realized that the entire building surface was created using Trencadís, Gaudí’s mosaic technique of using broken tile shards to cover curved surfaces, which gives [...]

    keinton.com | Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències said this on April 24, 2008 at 7:15 pm

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