Hello again! I wish all my dear readers a happy new year 2016. For me this year started with a visit to  Ayvalik.   The renovation of the house is really coming on. The windows and doors are installed, bright red plastic hoses under the marble floor in the kitchen are promising warm feet next winter and will also warm your feet under the mosaic. I booked a ticket to Istanbul for end of February – the count down is on! Back in Brasilia my sons helped to move the mosaic stuff into its 5th location for the workshop. Today I finished my first week working in the studio. A workplace away from home – I did not have this for 5 years. It felt very good to leave the house in the mornings and entering a place that has nothing to do with the family. Full concentration onto just mosaic. And on the side line – it is rainy season in Brasil at the moment. And with it our house is swamped with mosquitos. …

Its done! The first piece of the mosaic is ready to be mounted. The rental contract of the studio is signed. The boxes with all the mosaic stuff are packed again to be moved from our house to their hopefully permanent home for the next 3 years. I would love to present you with all parts mounted together on photoshop, but my photoshop skills are non existent ;( So your imagination has to do this 🙂 This is the last post for this year. I wish you all a peaceful rest. I am looking forward to write to you again from the new studio.  

This week I managed to have two days of very concentrated work on the background. I discovered that if I set my phone to “do not disturb mode”  helps not to jump at every incoming sound of messages from the outside world. And I managed to do  a lot: