Little Chapel, Architecture & Garden art on Flickr – the-electronic-firefly
The Little Chapel in Guernsey is just five metres by three metres and “possibly the smallest chapel in the world”.
picassiette steps to archway to little chapel on Flickr – zenitpetersburg
In 1913 Brother Deodat, a religious refugee from France, saw the location and received a vision of recreating the Lourdes grotto and chapel on the hill.
picassiette archway to little chapel on Flickr – zenitpetersburg
Little Chapel broken china, plates, crockery on Flickr – photo_blog_farley
picassiette mosaic walls of little chapel on Flickr -zenitpeterburg
walls broken china pebbles of little chapel on Flickr – zenitpeterburg
picassiette mosaic walls of little chapel on Flickr – zenitpetersburg
Mosaic Art walls chapel at Guernsey 104 on Flickr – Annemoni
broken china in walls of little chapel on Flickr – zenitpetersburg
Little Chapel pique assiette exterior on Flickr – Van Tassel
He actually built it three times, demolishing it twice, the first time as a result of unspecified criticism,
Little Chapel picassiette architecture – Guernsey on Flickr – modogoo
the second because the Bishop of Portsmouth hadn’t been able to get through the doorway.
Little Minature Chapel mosaic architecture on Flickr – Artoo UK
In 1939, he built this version, the smallest of the three attempts.
The chapel is decorated inside and out with seashells and pieces of china:
little chapel picassiette walls on Flickr – xxxrmt
by the time he had come to the third attempt, his project had become famous and islanders brought him tiles and coloured china from all over the world.
Little Chapel pique assiette mosaic interior on Flickr – dmcneil
The Little Chapel picassiette mosaic ceiling on Flickr – Artoo UK
Little Chapel pique assiette interior stained glass shells tile Flickr – dmcneil
infront of little chapel picassiette on Flickr – zenitpetersburg
From a distance the colours and design make a pleasing whole, close-up it’s amazing to see all the different pieces used to create the effect.
Where is Guernsey?
The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou and other islets. Although the defence of all these islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom, Guernsey is not part of the UK but rather a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of Man. Guernsey is also not a member of the European Union. The island of Guernsey is divided into 10 parishes. Together with the Bailiwick of Jersey, it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands. Guernsey belongs to the Common Travel Area. Guernsey – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:
pique assiette – or picassiette ( a french term -”stolen from plate”) – pieces of broken pottery, china, glass, buttons, figurines, and/ jewelry are cemented onto a base to create a new surface. Almost any form can be used as a base, and any combination of pieces can be applied, restricted only by the individual creator’s imagination. m.a.s. mosaic glossary
Mosaic Art Source picassiette mosaic photo & resource archive
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I suspect the shady and adulterous Sir David Barclay and his younger twin brother Sir Frederick Barclay a discharged bankrupt who between them had decades of criminal associations probably spend much of their time in the “confessional box” of their tiny chapel on Brecqhou. More info on these two can be found at: thebarclaybrothersandaidanbarclay.wordpress.com
Amazing! Wish I can go there and look at each part of porcelaine. Blessings to the people there.
Your instance the 2010 and beyond fat drip while in the Gulf with Mexico would have been postponed until both equally facets were near any funds, legal specialists claimed.
is it possible to get married in this chappel???????????????
Hi, I only just realised that you had blogged one of my pictures. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
This is amazing!
Hey,
I have a great link for a video profile on an artist who works in several mediums, including mosaics. His name is Paul Peter Hatgil and he is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Here is a link to the video from the website of the show Docubloggers on the PBS station KLRU in Austin, Texas. Enjoy!
http://www.docubloggers.org/?p=248 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXMyo6__IM&eurl=http://www.docubloggers.org/?p=248
-Heidi
Wonderful!