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Classes/Aulas de mosaico romano em Brasilia

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Aprenda como fazer um mosaico romano e practicar seu Ingles! Compre um pacote de 8 aulas! Escolhe entre horarios seguintes: Terca-feira 18-21h   ou    Quarta-feira 09-12h   ou   Quarta-feira 15-18h mosaic moments, CLN 104 Asa Norte Bloco C,  Sala 110 (perto do cafe Daniel Briand, Mesmo Bloco do Estúdio de Cida Carvalho) Instrutora Gertrud Müller www.mosaicmoments.de Lingua: A Oficina será ministrada em Inglês Inscrições e Informações gertrud.muller@gmail.com 61 994008541 whatsapp  

Mosaics in Rio de Janeiro

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If thinking of Rio de Janeiro mosaic is not what comes up your mind first. Its the sugar loaf or the Corcovado that are the images of this extraordinairy city.   If you think of Rio you have these views in mind: Maybe some of you  which have been to Rio might have gone up or down the famous stairs that connect the district of Lappa with Santa Theresa. The stairs were decorated with tiles over many years by a chilenean artist who sold postcards to be able to buy more tiles and got so famous that tourists from all over the world sent him tiles typical of their countries or depicting their home town which he then incorporated in the decoration of the stairs. We even found a tile from the city my father was born in “Erfurt” in eastern Germany. But I wanted to see more mosaics in Rio. Through a friend in Brasilia I got the contact of Moema Branquinho who lives and works as a mosaic artist in Rio. Asking if I …

THE AYVALIK MOSAIC – finally in Ayvalik fifth week

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And there they came…. ready for the magic moment of uncovering the floor pieces! these figures were produced in August in Gaziantep and had been stuck on canvas since then. It was much harder to get the glue off then on the wall pieces. But with the enthusiasm and strength of 3 teenagers and a lot of very hot water and hard brushes we managed to remove all the glue within 2 hours. I was absolutely stunned how beautiful these figures came out. Almost all tesserae stuck in the cement. There were only a few single stones that were loose. As you can see in the following pictures in the area of the figures where tesserae have been joined tightly together the cement did not get up to the surface. Whilst in the background area, where the spaces between the tesserae was left deliberately larger it mattered how much sand I applied for the cement to squeeze all the way up or to stay down and keep a grout line open. I was afraid the …