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Art and Artists, Public Art

Robert Dawson: En Avant


En Avant is a new series of clay paintings by Robert Dawson, which draw from the visual language and stylised motifs of Gothic Revival architect A.W.N. Pugin. Dawson reimagines Pugin’s designs from both the Shrine of St Augustine, Ramsgate, and The Grange, Pugin’s family home. Continue reading Robert Dawson: En Avant


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Snowbird mosaic by Artaic and Bostik
Art and Artists, Mosaics & Glass Tiles, Public Art

Striking Snowbird

The Cliff Lodge ski resort in Utah decided to create an Aspen tree motif on two large wall mosaics, one in the ballroom lobby, and the other in the ballroom mezzanine, each thirty feet wide by four feet high and consisting of over 166,000 individual vitreous glass mosaic pieces each. Continue reading Striking Snowbird

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Fossil forms

The Fossil collection, by Polish designer Kasia Zareba, is a translation of the prehistoric imprints of plants and animals on rock formations. Traces of the pattern break and overlap just like the signs of time in prehistoric sites and archaeological excavations. The pattern gives the collection great, natural impact. Continue reading Fossil forms

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Franco Pecchioli
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Curating Colour

Franco Pecchioli remains the masters of coloured glazing; creating eye-catching tiles that allude to tiling’s tradition while offering designs that are utterly contemporary. Continue reading Curating Colour

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