{"id":8416,"date":"2011-04-11T06:38:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T13:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2016-11-04T02:02:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T09:02:06","slug":"mosaic-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/mosaic-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosaic Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I enjoy about my city are the unexpected mosaic and tile art I see around. At one point, apparently, mosaics and tiles were used commonly for entry ways and they are little pieces of art hiding in unexpected places.<\/p>\n

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Castro Entryway Circle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went to get my hair cut the other day and walked past a doorway I must have walked past 1,000 times only to notice a mosaic design I have never seen before. I feel fortunate to have a camera on my cell phone which I can use to snap pictures of things I see around town. I know this photo isn’t great (someday I will learn Photoshop), but you can get the idea. I don’t remember seeing many circles like this in other entryway mosaics I have seen. The idea could be used for a quilt block, but it wouldn’t be for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n

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Castro Entryway Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Corners are always the hardest part of borders, so I try to take a photo of the corner of the mosaics also. This one isn’t very difficult to piece. I wish I could talk with some of the craftsmen who did these entryways.<\/p>\n

Also, last week I went to the State Capital with the Young Man’s class (As an aside, it was exhausting being around 60 teenagers!). It is the last chance I have to go on a field trip with him and I haven’t been to the Capitol in awhile. I went with DH some time ago and it was interesting to see the changes.<\/p>\n