Friday, 17 January 2014

Nearly finished all the mushrooms....

Friday Jan 17th

So it’s nearly the end of the first week and I am quite pleased that I our work has speedy up and we have nearly completed all the mushrooms.  It’s always the decision making process that slows you down – not wanting to commit to an idea until the very last moment.  We have decided on an acid yellow tile for the outline that will glow around our mushrooms – we hope it will help them stand out. 
So much of the day is given to making very thin lines of yellow. 

There is no word yet back from the Mayor about the wine or the skulls. I think they are less worried now about the Indian goddess and French gnome – and  to be honest there is not much they can do about it as we are half way through the project. Many of the Chilean artists come to talk to me and express support for the text and images that I have used in my work.  They tell me how happy they are to see these sentiments reflected and that I must defend the right to keep them there. 

The Chilean team have half completed the near total front of the building.   They really are working at an incredible pace. 
The work very closely together, laughing and joking - 20 of them working in very close proximately together.  It seems like the castle they are mosaicing  is  now becoming a fortress which  will guard the surrounding magical garden.




Gary Drostle's tile pallet. 


And Gary Drostle's amazing work.


Chilean Team working hard



Chilean team working on the leaves of a tree. 


Karen Baker from Australia's work 


Justyna Budzyn from Poland's work. 





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