So today we carried on working on our sections. As you can see people are really beginning to get involved in their own work. Isidora held short meetings on both sides of the entrance to let people know that they did not need to take all the tiles they needed for the entire project, but just for that day!! A rumour had started that they only had a little bright yellow tiles left and panic tile collecting had ensued.
It was also discussed that some officials were a little worried about the content of our mosaics. I think it is finally dawning on the Municipal that when you invite International artists to come and mosaic a magical garden anything could pop up in there. As Isidora explained, it was too late now ask to have creative control of the project.
The main bone's of contention seem to be the Gnome, the bottle of wine, the Indian goddess and the 3 skulls - none of which they were expecting in the 'flora and fauna' of Chile.
It was also discovered that it was Isidora's birthday - and that later that day we would be walking along the length of the mosaics completed by Isidora and her team of artists. That is 84 pillars and two metro startions. I will post up post just about this work, and include many close-ups so you can really see how they are made. But this is something I need to do on my return to the UK.
But I can say that I was completed blown away by them and we all helped Isidora celebrate her birthday as we toured them.
Caroline Jariwala from UK
Gabriel Guyra from Brazil work.
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