Now that we are home and over the jet lag (that took a full week) and back into the routine of life here in Encinitas...some wonderful Barcelona visions and ideas are dancing through my head ! Mainly Gaudi and mosaic ideas...breaking tiles & plates and piecing them all back together seems so therapeutic doesn't it ?
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| Antonio Gaudi |
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| On the path to his house |
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| Mosaic tile wall in Park Guell |
Close up of a few of the mosaic squares that make up this beautiful wall in the Park Guell, originally constructed as a planned community in the beginning of the 20th century. This is where Gaudi's house is.
The planned community didn't take off, and it was converted into a public park in 1923 and a World Heritage site in 1969. Worth visiting !
Me loving & being inspired by the tiles
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| A ceiling medallion in a park pavilion |
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| Ceiling medallion |
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| Upper wall around one of the parks plaza's |
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Inside of the plaza wall is seating all the way around the plaza
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After a little practice, I think I'll be ready to redo the front of my house in mosaic !
In thinking about this post on Gaudi, I checked Etsy to see if I could find any mosaic delights to share...and I did, I did ! There are many fine craftsmen who have been inspired too, so I put together an
Etsy Treasury that lists some wonderfully creative ideas...check them out and be inspired too.
I hope you enjoyed this little visit to a piece, albeit Gaudi is a very large piece of Barcelona. It's a wonderfully exciting and beautiful city and I would highly recommend a visit there...or at the very least...break a few plates and create a little Barcelona and Gaudi influence in your own little piece of the world map.
And if you do...please share your creations and comments here...we'd love to hear from you...ENJOY!
Very interesting! Really living his art. Thanks for sharing this.
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