{"id":3084,"date":"2013-09-15T22:01:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2013-09-15T22:01:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:01:03","slug":"topps-tiles-mosaic-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/topps-tiles-mosaic-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The wonderful Topps Tiles Mosaic Tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It starts with a possibility…<\/p>\n

…a concept…celebration, growth, the passing of time, establishing roots, a support system, growth bursting out, celebrating the beauty and history of materials from Topps Tiles<\/a>, the UK’s largest tile retailer …<\/p>\n

…sketching, drawing …a vision in the minds eye…<\/p>\n

…then the hard work begins…turning the ethereal into the material…<\/p>\n

…handling the solid stuff that is to make a mosaic, drawing, scaling up, cutting, shaping, trying things this way and that…<\/p>\n

…dealing with the practical (a large piece 2m50 x 1m80), drawing and commissioning a large metal frame, hanging systems, transportation logistics…<\/p>\n

…working, working, working 6 and 7 day weeks for 7 weeks…intense immersion in process, colour, texture and form…<\/p>\n

…final finishes, grouting, cleaning, re-cleaning, polishing again and again – loving strokes to the beauty that has emerged…<\/p>\n

…until finally saying goodbye as the piece that has been born from all this labour leaves home…<\/p>\n

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We celebrated the unveiling of the Topps Tree last weekend…in a week the official unveiling of the mosaic in its new home!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0For those of you who want to know about the process of how this tree was made, I will do a detailed blog post very soon – you will have to bear with me as I am having real computer problems at the moment which is making it very hard for me to work with my photos…. In the meantime, I hope you have enjoyed looking at the pics of this beautiful mosaic – I am SO pleased with how this vision turned into reality…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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