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Art and Artists, Street Art, Weird & Wonderful

Elisabeth Perez

Working in a multitude of mediums, Austria-based artist Elisabeth Perez explores the overlooked, transforming the ordinary and unloved with bold and beautiful abstract shapes in vibrant, pigmented colours. From trucks to market tarps, abandoned buildings to street walls, these geometric shapes are given unconventional homes. Taking inspiration from stones found on her adventures, Perez studies the angles, shadows, and details to create the sections that’ll … Continue reading Elisabeth Perez

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The Toynbee Idea

Since the 1980s hundreds of cryptic plaques have appeared across the streets of America. Embedded in the asphalt, the material forming the tiles remains mysterious. Likely made of layers of linoleum, tar paper, and asphalt crack-filling compound, each plaque begins life as a dark black smudge, slowly curing before wear uncovers the message hidden beneath. Their name’s origin, given for the title “Toynbee Idea” that … Continue reading The Toynbee Idea

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Art and Artists, Design, Public Art, Street Art, Weird & Wonderful

Streets by El Khao

Please welcome to the fold a brand new street artist bringing tiled brilliance to the world’s pot holes. Locating spots cracked and crumbled by the weather, Lalo Adam El Khao traces the pavement perforations for reworking in the studio. With every unique shape comes a unique design, with each creation starting life as a ghost made from pencil, crayon, or ink. The results are fabulous … Continue reading Streets by El Khao

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Art and Artists, Design & Technology, Street Art, Urban Art

Beneath Bruce Grove Bridge

Stretching for six metres on a wall underneath the Bruce Grove railway bridge in north London, a playful glass mosaic pays homage to the local area. Designed by Italian artist Anna Nicolò, the large public artwork was commissioned by Haringey Council and led by architecture and interior design practice Office S&M with collaborations from over 300 residents, businesses, and local community groups. Depicting buildings, parks, … Continue reading Beneath Bruce Grove Bridge

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Public Art, Street Art, Uncategorized

Bottle Alley

Today’s feature takes a little break from our tile-centric norm as we shine a light on a little local art. Running towards St Leonards from the pier to Warrior Square in the close-by coastal town of Hastings sits Bottle Alley – a charming accent that trails along the seafront under a covered promenade. Part of an area revamp in the 1930s, Bottle Alley has been … Continue reading Bottle Alley

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Art and Artists, Public Art, Tile Designers

Meet Mancini

Inspired and informed by Brazilian tiling tradition, self taught artist Alexandre Mancini specialises in creating large scale murals decorated with both traditional motifs and abstracted shapes. Covering the entire sides of buildings, walls, smaller scale details, mobile panels, and private interiors, Mancini’s artworks offer vibrancy, enlivening the spaces where they sit, producing relief from plain architecture, and providing an enticing focus for the eyes. The … Continue reading Meet Mancini

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Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art

Reinvaded

Can you believe it’s been almost five years since we last spoke about global gallivanter and mastermind mosaicist Invader? Last time we checked he had hit over 75 cities world-wide and installed 3,724 sneaky mosaics. The most memorable of which (for me) include The Dude from Invading LA 2018, the four ghosts from Invading Hong Kong 2018, and the camouflaged invader from Invading Versailles 2019 … Continue reading Reinvaded

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Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art

Faces of the world

A little street art surprise today with the fabulous, multifaceted sculptural installations by Tegmo. Like fellow French artist Shatters, splintered mirrors are Tegmo’s medium of choice, encouraging the inclusion of surrounding locales within each piece. These fractured, angular shards of mirror are attached and structured in unusual three dimensional forms, creating reflective mountains that stand alone, are decorated with plants, or spread their shiny surfaces … Continue reading Faces of the world

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Art and Artists, Street Art

The Thornwood Mosaics

Nestled amongst the nooks and crannies of the stone walls of Thornwood, Glasgow you might find a mini bowl in kaleidoscopic colour. Branching off from an artwork titled Empty 1, South African-born artist Wilma van der Meyden‘s series of twelve mosaic bowls represent a manifold reaction to vacant and unsalvageable buildings and a divided ‘broken’ world, with the bowl motif deeply inspired by the global … Continue reading The Thornwood Mosaics

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The underground Tile War

It’s time to add another ceramic street artist to our collection with the collager from Cologne – Adult Remix. Black and white artworks depicting pop culture icons, alternative folk, and politically charged social messages feature on all sorts from cans of spray paint to packaging. Gracing heavily graffitied walls, public bins, and lamp posts, Adult Remix’s pictures are pasted into place, but there’s also a … Continue reading The underground Tile War

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A bit about Angus

Today it’s all about another vigilante ceramic street artist. Bristol-based self-taught Angus has been sharing his work with the world since 2015. His street mosaics are largely video-game inspired with iconic characters such as Luigi, Zelda, and Sonic featuring. Other cultural references to Family Guy, The Simpsons, and The Smurfs pop up as both painting and mosaics with a few more political pieces mixed in. … Continue reading A bit about Angus

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Pieces of Masterpieces

Potholes meet some of art’s most iconic images in the most recent series of vigilante mosaicking from Tile Addict favourite Jim Bachor. Master Pieces, both in name and in nature, features fragments from Van Gogh, Warhol, Grant Wood, and Edward Hopper decorating a few lucky patches of tarmac around Chicago Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles was the first recreation, and has been sitting proudly on … Continue reading Pieces of Masterpieces

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Schaerbeek Pavement Mosaics
Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art

Schaerbeek Streets

What started as one artist’s vision for the pavement in front of her home has turned into a community project that brings colour and positivity to the streets of Schaerbeek. Ingrid Schreyers started the trend 15 years ago when she decorated the ground with mosaics and her impressed neighbours followed suit. Since then, the local authorities have embraced the colourful change, creating a system for … Continue reading Schaerbeek Streets

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Juncosa
Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art

Sharing the Streets of Barcelona

Looking to interact with Barcelona and its inhabitants, a project was conceived to form a thread with tiles. Artist Joan Juncosa creates colourful interpretations of the city’s tiles, both on canvas and on panots, and sets them out for all to see. #tilesaroundtheworld invites people to take, reposition, and engage creatively with these artworks for a novel, collaborative urban art initiative. Initially four tiles were … Continue reading Sharing the Streets of Barcelona

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Art and Artists, Street Art

MifaMosa

We have another Invader-esque street artist to share today. From Orléans, vigilante mosaic creator MifaMosa developed both his style and subject manner to brighten and enliven the daily life of his grandmother who was unwell. Seeking to remain anonymous, his name also honours the inspiration behind his art, combining Mifa (family) and Mosa (mosaic). Although started in Orléans, MifaMosa has also hit Paris, Avignon, Lyon, … Continue reading MifaMosa

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The Soviet Mosaics of Ukraine

Tiling and mosaic traditions from around the world are truly fascinating to see. But despite being an extremely durable artform, sometimes they don’t last. In Ukraine there is currently a war between artists, home owners, and locals about the numerous Soviet-Era mosaics. On public buildings throughout Ukraine there are large, impressive murals, a huge number of which were created in the 1960s. Although some depict … Continue reading The Soviet Mosaics of Ukraine

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Art and Artists, Street Art

Ememem

We have a new street artist to share! Despite sharing their incredible artistic gift with the world since 2016, we have only recently come to know the name Ememem. Starting on the streets of Lyon five years ago, this mysterious creator does what many wish they could do – fills in cracks on pavements and roads. Unlike famed predecessor Jim Bachor, Ememem focuses more on … Continue reading Ememem

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Six more not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

Last year we collected some of our favourite ‘not-quite-tile’ creations from artists and creators around the world, but we still have plenty more to share. Here are six more projects and artists who we believe belong to the tiling family. 1) Fenella Elms The curious shapes and waves of the work by Fenella Elms are created by a sequence of individually created petals. Each element, … Continue reading Six more not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

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Art and Artists, Street Art

Shatters’ Street Art

A reasonably difficult artist to find any information about, Shatters is new on our radar. Despite having been creating awesome bits of street art for at least six years, his work is mostly installed in his local area of Montmartre, Paris. Taking his name from the medium with which he creates – broken fragments of glass and mirrors – Shatters pieces together found specks and … Continue reading Shatters’ Street Art

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Art and Artists

Six not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

Sometimes there are projects and creations that are not quite tile but that implement the same sort of methodology – be it with medium used for mosaics or with tile type materials and motifs used in a unique way. We think they belong in the Tile Addict blogosphere so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best to demonstrate why. 1) The Cigar Band … Continue reading Six not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

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