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The figurines of poodles and hula girls, commemorative china baseball bats, and a sweeping arch of coffee cups, their handles pointing skyward. Smashed pottery and shards of mirror make up the more traditional mosaic patterns on the house’s interior and exterior surfaces.

With an array of thrift store china, humorous souvenirs, and handmade tile adorning its walls and floors, the Mosaic Tile House in Venice stands as a monument to two decades of artistic collaboration between Cheri Pann and her husband Gonzalo Duran.

“It’s tchotchke heaven,” Pann, 76, said about her kaleidoscopic bungalow. “It’s turned out to be an homage to putting everything possible cement.”

By “everything,” Pann means figurines of poodles and hula girls, commemorative china baseball bats, and a sweeping arch of coffee cups, their handles pointing skyward. Smashed pottery and shards of mirror make up the more traditional mosaic patterns on the house’s interior and exterior surfaces.


The couple met in 1992 when Duran was working at an art supply store and Pann was in need of some acrylic paints. They still go back to the same store to stock up on supplies.

The house is on a quiet little street, a 20-minute bike ride from the beach. Pann bought it in 1994 and wanted to build an art studio in it. The studio is now her favorite spot in the house.

Duran said after the studio was built, Pann made tiles for the bathroom.
“It was so much fun doing it, we just kept on going,” said Duran, 72, who was born in Mexico and raised in East Los Angeles.

Reuters photographer Mario Anzuoni described the artists’ kitchen, which is also Gonzalo’s studio, as being particularly whimsical.
“You want to spend your time there,” he said.

"Tiles in the shapes of butterflies, camels, and giraffes surround the sink. A ceramic cockerel sits proudly atop the breakfast bar." One of the walls is covered in photographs of the couple. Kitchen appliances are decorated with paint, thanks to Duran.

The collaboration is, Pann said, the ultimate “honey-do” project. She makes the tiles, he lays them. But the teamwork does not stop there.

“He’s busy working, working, working, and then I’ll come along and say, ‘Hon, hmmm, there is something wrong and I won’t know what it is.’ And then he’ll take a look back and he’ll say, ‘Ah, I know what it is,’ and then he’ll fix it,” Pann said.

Pann, who was 18 years old, was also expected by her family to study as an accountant in a stable way, but one day she went to Van Gogh's exhibition and ignited her love for art.

"The story of tile collage house is actually Gonzalo Duran's love story. While we are creating, we are also expressing our feelings for each other. ’ Pann said: ‘Sometimes we just have some salsa, and sometimes we just kiss without emotion. If the paint is non-toxic, we will paint on each other’s bodies. "

Pann now hopes that the mosaic house can be listed as a place of interest or tourist attraction. But in any case, The tile collage house is definitely an unforgettable beautiful scenery.


via: REUTERS
This original title: Life in a Mosaic
 

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