With his keen eye and sensitive mind, Nek Chand painstakingly for over two decades collected stones of exquisite form and sizes for reasons nobody knew.

Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art picassiette mosaic sculpture – Chris_Walker

Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art picassiette mosaic people – Koshyk

Nek Chand Rock mosaic garden art, Chandigarh, India on Flickr – danidavis5

ROCK GARDEN – FANTASY MOSAICS – tHe bLaCk sAmUrAi
He also collected strange looking metal pieces, lag-stones, over-burnt bricks, broken pots, china-ware, tree trunks, weeds, rags, plastic dolls, battered hats, broken coloured bangles, used shoes, fused bulbs, worn out tires, bottles, parts of rusted bicycles, discarded building materials, birds’ nests – you name it!

Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art picassiette sculpture- travellingdenise

Nek Chand Garden Art Mosaic Sculpture – mirthwood

Chandigarh Nek Chand picassiette mosaic sculpture – Daveybot

Nek Chand Rock Garden smoking hookhas mosaic art sculpture – Carol Mitchell
Chandigarh, India picassiette mosaic sculpture – morleyroarly
Nek Chand’s imagination had no bounds and all kinds of objects he came across became handy for its fulfilment. His dreams are unending and so are his creations – he goes on and on! M.N. Sharma – Nek Chand Foundation

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – fiercetigress

Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art mosaic sculpture – pedroquintelaborges

Cups and saucers Mosaic People and animals pique assiette – Two little Shutterbugs

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India- Carol Mitchell

Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art mosaic wall- travellingjohnny


Chandigarh India – Nek Chand’s rock garden art sculpture on Flickr – jratcliff

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – Uli Franke

Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India- sahiljatana

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – P Donovan

THE RIDING MASTER on Flickr – tHe bLaCk sAmUrAi

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – pauldornau

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – blaighnid

Nek Chand Rock Garden mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – tHe bLaCk sAmUrAi

Nek Chand Fantasy Rock Mosaic Art Garden sculpture on Flickr – Huan1

Nek Chand Rock Garden sculpture Chandigarh, India – wanderer’s rest

Chandigarh- Nek Chand’s rock garden art mosaic people on Flickr – jratcliffe

Nek Chand mosaic town art sculpture Chandigarh, India – Two little Shutterbugs

Ceramic tile art people sculpture Nek Chand india on Flickr – diametrik
Chandigarh India mosaic art sculpture – jratcliffe
mosaic art sculpture Chandigarh, India – sahiljatana
picassiette mosaic art sculpture – Carol Mitchell
Mosaic people picassiette art sculpture – Two little Shutterbugs
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
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March 25, 2008 at 7:51 am
Becca Kimbrel
i like your style. unlike some of the other artists.. you have your people doing many poses not all of them doing the same pose
April 25, 2008 at 3:40 pm
snowgum studio
Love, love, love this artist! Thanks so much for featuring this work.
July 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm
flaminia carbonaro
bravo bravo! fantastic the installation too, en plain air!