{"id":14243,"date":"2016-04-09T14:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T12:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2016-06-27T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:14:22","slug":"lo-spazio-my-new-little-studio-in-duesseldorf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/lo-spazio-my-new-little-studio-in-duesseldorf\/","title":{"rendered":"Lo spazio: my new little studio in D\u00fcsseldorf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, I came to Germany with the desire to find a little studio that is suitable for my mosaic work as soon as possible.\u00a0Maybe some space shared with other creatives. How I found this room now is\u00a0one\u00a0of these events, which let me think about\u00a0chance and coincidence. And which make me\u00a0very very happy.<\/p>\n

During a walk along the\u00a0Rhine with a good friend of mine, we arrived at the various chisellers’\u00a0buildings\u00a0near the cemetary here in D\u00fcsseldorf. Marble and heavy machinery \u2013 of course\u00a0I threw a few curious looks over the fences. And learned something new: that behind these fences also creative classes are offered. Glas fusing, restoring of furniture and much more.<\/p>\n

Where stone workers\u00a0and creative people meet<\/h5>\n

So much said the sign of\u00a0Bildungswerk Nordrhein<\/a>\u00a0outside. Full of excitement, I opened the gate and hit the 2nd Chairman Thomas Prior, an architect, and told him my story: How I went to Italy for the mosaic formation and that I now want to give mosaic courses and am also seeking for my\u00a0own workplace. “Seems you have stepped into the right door,” he said smiling, obviously very interested in the matter mosaic and a possible cooperation.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, he led me through the educational institute,\u00a0where\u00a0stonemasons are still trained.\u00a0During the tour, I could hardly believe my eyes: large spaces with workbenches, clay ovens, all kinds of tools and machines for working stone and wood on\u00a0around 700 square meters. Even a well-known D\u00fcsseldorf sculptor, Till Hausmann, works\u00a0here. Watch him as he works his wood with the chain saw as if it were a file is already inspiration enough for a whole afternoon.<\/p>\n

Not far from here I used to live\u00a0before I went to Italy and have never seen this creative center. Now I had my eyes open for it, and I certainly couldn’t find\u00a0a better place to make mosaic in D\u00fcsseldorf. I am very lucky:\u00a0after a few conversations with the board I have now the opportunity to work here and offer courses on behalf of Bildungswerk Nordrhein.<\/p>\n

Small but cosy: lo spazio<\/h5>\n

My little space that I have baptized lo spazio<\/em> (Ital. for room, space, cosmos) was formerly a sort of control room. Here sat the examiner when the students\u00a0worked. Through the window he could look directly into the workrooms and had authority over the entire electrical system.<\/p>\n

Slightly dusty and crammed was the room before we freed\u00a0him from old furniture and tools.\u00a0Now it shines in a new light, and I’m really looking forward to pack my materials in the beautiful old cabinets and\u00a0install myself with my ceppo.<\/p>\n

By the way: while cleaning the room, I found a book with the curly Corcos lady on its cover. Who has been following\u00a0this blog for a longer time may remember that my very first mosaic portrait<\/a> was based on that painting. Crazy world.<\/p>\n

Soon you can read more news about my projects and courses here. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Workbenches, clay ovens, all kinds of tools and machines for working stone and wood on around 700 square meters: perfect for making mosaic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","post_format-post-format-gallery","post-item","post-even"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mused-mosaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}