Posted by sfmosaic on November 19, 2015 · 3 Comments
This inspiration appeared again today. Timely. Timeless. I want to share it with you: what MARTHA GRAHAM wrote to AGNES DE MILLE touches the deepest part of an artist’s life…
Category Art, News & Culture, Spirit, Vintage · Tagged with Agnes de Mille, art, artistic life, choreography, creativity, dance, inspiration, letters, Martha Graham, Meryl Streep, poetry, process, video, yo yo ma
Posted by sfmosaic on September 5, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Originally posted on EARTH NIGHT 2012:
From Musiva @ Evolver.net: Have you heard about the experiments being done to clean up oil spills using mushrooms? Oyster mushrooms can turn the toxic sludge into rich compost and then transform themselves into something good enough to eat. Pass the Butter! Artists move in to distressed areas and clean…
Category 1, Art, News & Culture, Travel · Tagged with architecture, art, Chicago, civil society, creativity, detroit, gentrification, historic preservation, mushrooms, neighborhoods, New Orleans, oil spills, permaculture, preservation, theaster Gates, urban planning
Posted by sfmosaic on April 19, 2015 · 8 Comments
As London turns it’s pale cheek toward the emerging Sun, a gallery of unlikely Urban Beauty. PHOTO Gallery
Category Art, Spirit, Travel · Tagged with art, beauty, circle, city, creativity, culture, earthday, London, nature, photography, Springtime, travel, urban
Posted by sfmosaic on February 26, 2015 · 4 Comments
RARE VISIONARY ENVIRONMENT: George Ehling’s Mosaic House tours in Los Angeles and two exclusive essays due Spring 2015 by Lillian Sizemore @musiva
Category Architecture, Art, Interiors, Mosaics, News & Culture, Travel · Tagged with architectural mosaics, architecture, art, BAMM, creativity, Geometry, Los Angeles, mosaic, Mosaics, Ornament, pattern, raw vision, tile, tours, travel, visionary environments
Posted by sfmosaic on January 23, 2015 · 2 Comments
Salvador Dali, vintage video 1970 surrealist camp. Geometry Love!
Category Art, Geometry, Vintage · Tagged with avant garde, film, Geometry, Hermes, Iliya Iliev, mythology, Ornament, Pentagons, Salvador Dali, surrealist, vintage film
Posted by sfmosaic on May 2, 2014 · 8 Comments
A round up of UNIQUE CERAMIC TILE spotted over the past several months. Mostly London, one from Paris, enjoy!
Category Architecture, Art, Mosaics, Travel · Tagged with architecture, art, ceramic tile, design, hand-made, London, Paris, tile, travel, vintage
Posted by sfmosaic on February 11, 2014 · 1 Comment
Originally posted on a elegância das coisas:
A casa da minha mãe tem o piso da varanda feito com esse mosaico como tantas outras casas paulistas dos anos 40/50 . Eu amo o piso de caquinhos de cerâmica vermelhos salpicado de cacos? pretos e amarelos. Descobri um texto que conta a história dessa moda.…
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Posted by sfmosaic on January 19, 2014 · 8 Comments
A beautiful use of technology, dance, light, geometry = body+soul from the Japanese dance troupe, Enra. Pure MAGIC…
Posted by sfmosaic on November 20, 2013 · 9 Comments
The”Brotherhood of Man” a 1968 mosaic mural by artist Anthony Stellon is now re-located but the mural’s original site was the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center and Pool, and the funding has roots in a terrific Hollywood backstory!
Category Art, Mosaics, News & Culture, Vintage · Tagged with A, Anthony Stellon, architectural mosaics, Brotherhood of Man, Bullitt, car chase, Dr. Martin Luther King, film, historic preservation, Joseph L. Alioto, Jr., Martin Luther King, Mayor Joe Alioto, midcentury, mosaic, mural, restoration, San Francisco, Steve McQueen
Posted by sfmosaic on September 23, 2013 · 23 Comments
I moved to London a week ago. One warm and sunny afternoon, I had to get outdoors, so I set out in no particular directionand stumbled upon The Shepherdess Walk >>
Category Art, Mosaics, Travel · Tagged with ancient history, art, community, Hackney, Hoxton, Islington, London, mosaic, mural, roman mosaic, roman pavement, Tessa Hunkin, travel
