Atalanta
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@AlexSherston no -I hope they find another location. Plenty of other cafes in the area!
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@thinkaboutglue The mosaic workshop based just behind this on Hackney Downs has been at risk of closure so that its premises can be turned into a cafe, Any updates on this potentially tragic loss????
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mosaics were signs of refinement and elite taste, the ancients viewed public surfaces as opportunities to tell stories and spread beauty
then they got abandoned largely due to cost, custom mosaic being $7,000/m²
But robotics can fix this?
Atalanta@thinkaboutglue
One of the best public art projects I've seen. Grim park shelter turned into glorious roman-style mosaic menagerie, by the Hackney Mosaic Project.
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@SCP_Hughes Yes - Tessa Hunkin is so brilliant at designing these!
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@TSaucybottom And they can be designed by someone really skilled, but then made collaboratively by volunteers, like in this case
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@thinkaboutglue They ought to bring back mosaics. They're meant to be seen for a distance, and are perfect for public art.
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@ProofingRach @thegentleauthor It's a really beautiful book- and what introduced me to the project
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@thinkaboutglue There’s a fab book about the mosaics pub. by Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor with gorgeous photos of Tessa Hunkin’s collaborative work

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