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Nek Chand ROCK GARDEN - A mosaic fantasy waterfall - the black samurai

Nek Chand Garden Mosaic Sculpture fountain chdigarh, india - savagecorp

India’s Vast Trash Garden a Monument to Recycling

Pallava Bagla
in Chandigarh, Punjab, India
for National Geographic News
October 7, 2002

A glorious testament to the artistic and intrinsic value of trash stands in the middle of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, India’s storied northwestern state on the border of Pakistan.


Rock Garden in Chandigarh on Flickr - briandubois

Called the “Rock Garden,” this sprawling amusement “kingdom” has been made completely from waste materials.


Nek Chand’s Junkwall detail on Flickr - diametrik

“Built of industrial waste and thrown-away items, the Rock Garden in the city of Chandigarh is perhaps the world’s most poignant and salient statement of the possibility of finding beauty in the unexpected and accidental.” Carl Lindquist - Nek Chand’s Rock Garden at Chandigarh, India



Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider Art Wall of Electricity on Flickr - Uri Zer aviV

Created by celebrated artist Nek Chand, the garden highlights the value of materials many people consider trash.


Nek Chand Rock Garden Recycled materials - ska ska202

For Chand, the Rock Garden is an expression of his hope for humanity and an idea that came to him four decades ago. “It all started out of personal curiosity,” said Chand, emphasizing that while others looked at trash as a problem that needed to be “hidden away,” he saw it as something that could be creatively transformed into art.


Mosaic Artist Nek Chand - Recycling Genius, Outsider Art - rougetete

Nek Chand started building his trash garden in the 1950s with urban and industrial waste, using everything he could lay his hands on, including stones and boulders to represent humans and animals. Pallava Bagla - India’s Vast Trash Garden a Monument to Recycling

Who is Nek Chand?

Nek Chand, a humble transport official in the north Indian city of Chandigarh, began to clear a little patch of jungle to make himself a small garden area.


ROCK GARDEN Mosaic Pebble man - the black samurai


Nek Chand Rock Garden Pebble, Rock people Chandigarh, India - morleyroarly

He set stones around the little clearing and before long had sculpted a few figures


Nek Chand’s mosaic material stash ceramic tile broken crockery china- ToreaJade

recycled from materials he found at hand.


Nek Chand Rock Garden Mosaic Sculpture Bangle dudes - Carol Mitchell

Gradually Nek Chand’s creation developed and grew;


lil ppl rock garden ceramic tile mosaic art NeK Chand on Flickr - krazykrayons

before long it covered several acres


Figurenpark im Nek Chand Rock Garden von Chandigarh on Flickr - Uli Franke

and comprised of hundreds of sculptures


Bunte Figuren im Nek Chand Rock Garden von Chandigarh on Flickr - Uli Franke

Neck Chand monkey pebble art sculpture in rock garden on Flickr - baignid

set in a series of interlinking courtyards.

After his normal working day Chand worked at night, in total secrecy for fear of being discovered by the authorities.


Recycled Wall Art ceramic tile, motors, sockets, ceramic pots - Ajay in India Tallam

When they did discover Chand’s garden, local government officials were thrown into turmoil. The creation was completely illegal - a development in a forbidden area which by rights should be demolished.


Nek Chand Picassiette Ceramic Tile Mosaic Art Garden - Angad

The outcome, however, was the enlightened decision to give Nek Chand a salary so that he could concentrate full-time on his work, plus a workforce of fifty labourers.


Nek Chand Rock Garden A Fantasy Monument Chandigarh, India - raksh

Nek Chand’s great work received immediate recognition and was inaugurated as The Rock Garden of Chandigarh.


Nek Chand Mosaic ceramic tile picassiette steps on Flickr - travellingjohnny

Now over twenty five acres of several thousand sculptures set in large mosaic courtyards

linked by walled paths and deep gorges,


Nek Chand Rock Garden chandigarh india cathedral on Flickr - diametrik

Nek Chand’s creation also combines huge buildings


Figuren über Wasserfall im Rock Garden von Chandigarh on Flickr - Uli Franke

with a series of interlinking waterfalls.


Nek Chand’s Sculptural Army above waterfall on Flickr - Uri Zer aviV

The Nek Chand Rock mosaic art people fountain sculpture - Matthew Winterburn

The Rock Garden is now acknowledged as one of the modern wonders of the world. Over 5000 visitors each day, some 12 million people so far, walk around this vast creation - the greatest artistic achievement seen in India since the Taj Mahal. Nek Chand Foundation

Where is Chandigarh?

Lower Shivalik Mountains on Sukhna Lake on Flickr - Pradeep

Chandigarh is located near the foothills of the Shivalik range of the Himalayas in Northwest India.


Le Courbusior Sculpture Open Hand official emblem of city of Chandigarh - Koshyk

Chandigarh, also called City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana, and is a union territory of India.


Le Corbusier Chandigarh, India on Flickr - duncid

Known internationally for its architecture and urban planning,


Fine Art Museum-Punjab University, Chandigarh on Flickr - Shubh M Singh

Chandigarh is home to numerous architectural projects of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Matthew Nowicki, and Albert Mayer.


Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, India on Flickr - Shubh M Singh

The city boasts a high standard of living with the highest per capita income in the country. Chandigarh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nek Chand worked under cover of darkness for eighteen years, stealing away at the end of his working day as a roads inspector to his secret place - a clearing in the jungle.



nekk chand mosaic sculpture bright glass bangles on Flickr - mashu mashu

Bangle people Outsider art picassiette mosaic sculpture- Carol Mitchell

It was there that he created the legions of sculpted men and women, imaginary creatures, bears and monkeys, that would compose his magnificent ‘Rock Garden’.


Nek Chand Rock Garden on Flickr - Carol Mitchell

Nek Chand, a humble man, turned his dream into reality through solitary determination.


Nek Chand Rock Garden picassiette mosaic sculpture - travellingjohnny

He scavenged discarded urban debris and transported hand-picked stones from nearby hills on his bicycle, in order to construct the characters that inhabit his realised dream of a kingdom of gods and goddesses.


Nek Chand Rock Garden Outsider art picassiette mosaic sculpture - kashi293

He carried water in bamboo containers so that his garden would be lush with plants. And he stood up to the city’s bureaucracy when it learned of his clandestine plan that violated local construction regulations and Le Corbusier’s master-plan for India’s new city of Chandigarh.


Nek Chand Recycled Art Bangle Mosaic Bird Rock Garden India - Carol Mitchell

Nek Chand bangle bird jewelry mosaic sculpture india on Flickr - Carol Mitchell

Recycled Bangles Mosaic Art Bird Sculpture Nek Chand India - Ant Smith

While city officials were not always enthusiastic about Chand’s undertaking, today they celebrate it.


Mosaic Art Sculpture, Recycled Bangle Jewelry Art Rock Garden on Flickr - Dey


bangle dudes mosaic art sculpture nek chand rock garden - fiercetigress

 

It was in 1976, when Nek Chand was 52 years old, after long years of quiet work and struggle, that the Garden was formally opened to the public. Tony Rajer - Nek Chand Foundation

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Nek Chand india outsider art mosaic sculpture
- Andy Aye

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:

mosaic glossary definition - picassiette, pique_assiette pique assiette

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


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.


little chapel mosaic interioron Flickr - zenitpetersburg

The chapel is decorated inside and out with seashells and pieces of china:


mosaic chapel wall texture picassiette on Flickr - dmcneil


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


St. Bernadette picassiette mosaic on Flickr - Auntie Doris


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:

mosaic glossary definition - picassiette, pique_assiette pique assiette

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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Mosaic Sea Shell on Flickr -
AlessandraHayden

Installation Art - Maine Muscle mosaic on Flickr - abrazier


Shell Mosaic Grotto in the Residenz Munich, Germany on Flickr - earthmagnified

‘Ram in a Thicket’ mosaic covered london museum on Flickr - davideferro
From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. This is one of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonard Woolley in the ‘Great Death Pit’, one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The other is now in the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia. It was named the ‘Ram in a Thicket’ by the excavator Leonard Woolley, who liked biblical allusions. In Genesis 22:13, God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, but at the last moment ‘Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son’.

mosaic covered Ram Ur, S. Iraq, on Flickr - davideferro

The ‘ram’ is more accurately described as a goat, and he reaches up for the tastiest branches in a pose often adopted by goats. Goats and sheep in the Near East were among the earliest animals to be domesticated. They were an everyday feature of agricultural life and are regularly depicted by artists in many different ways. The figure had been crushed flat by the weight of the soil and the wooden core had perished. Wax was used to keep the pieces together as it was lifted from the ground, and it was then pressed back into shape. The ram’s head and legs are covered in gold leaf, its ears are copper (now green), its twisted horns and the fleece on its shoulders are of lapis lazuli, and its body fleece is made of shell. Its genitals are gold. The tree is covered in gold leaf, with golden flowers, the whole supported on a small rectangular base decorated with a mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli. British museum, London.

Mosaic Commemorative Panel, Shell Grotto, Margate on Flickr - AllieW
The Shell Grotto in Margate is an amazing little place. According to their literature, there are 4.6 million shells there and 20000 square feet of mosaic. The leaflet elaborates further:
“In 1835, Mr James Newlove lowered his young son Joshua into a hole in the ground that had appeared during the digging of a duckpond. Joshua emerged describing tunnels covered with shells. He had discovered The Shell Grotto, a series of passages leading to a rectangular chamber, its walls decorated with strange symbols mosaiced in millions of shells. Is it an ancient pagan temple? A meeting place for some secret cult? Nobody can explain who built this amazing place, or why, but since its accidental discovery visitors from all over the world have been intrigued by the beautiful mosaic and the unsolved mystery”.


Florida Fragments on Flickr - Merrick Brown


Nymph/Venus on half shell Roman mosaic ruins on Flickr - littlemousling


Detail of Women’s Quarters Roof Mosaic on Flickr - glittergirrrl


Sea shell cottage mosaic train on Flickr - all biscuit


Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii on Flickr - Mirjam75

Shell Mosaic Duck Sculpture Cincinnati on Flickr - J. Star

Shell Eye mosaic birds on Flickr - J. Star

Mosaic birds on Flickr - J.Star

Swan Mosaic in the Grotto at Leeds 895 on Flickr - gardenchien

xofa mosaic, volta, ghana in rasta village on Flickr - raysto

Ivan visits? Jim hurrican shell mosaic on Flickr - GilaMosaics
Hurricane Ivan hit the Florida Gulf Coast in 2004. 2 weeks later, as I mused on this face, Jim called!!! His home had been in the storm’s path, so we were thrilled & relieved to hear from him! I immediatly grabbed my collection of shells & coral from his beach & well…you see what happened!

Watts Towers - mosaic with cockle-shells Los Angeles on Flickr - vmselde


Shell Whimsy Mosaic Art on Flickr - littlehuntermosaics

Sea urchin shells smalti & millefiori detail on Flickr - littleteapot

Love is all u really need Mosaic Florida on Flickr - newwavegurly

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Who’s included in the Mosaic Yearbook 2007?


Mosaic Artist - Jacki Gran
(USA)

Mosaic Artist Index:

Argentina
Juan Carlos del Valle Buenos Aires, Argentina Deco Designed Email
Griselda Mallozzi San Martin de los Andes, Argentina Blackberrywinter Email
Mariel Trill Guillot Santa Fe, Argentina Tesela y Mosaico Email
Australia
Julie Benette Yarra Junction, Australia Website Email
Helen Bodycomb Victoria/Australia, Australia Helen Bodycomb Mosaics Email
Liz Brims Victoria, Australia Cut and Paste Mosaics Email
Steve Brims Patterson Lakes, Australia Cut and Paste Mosaics Email
Jacqueline Gisel Carroso N.S.W, Australia   Email
Jacqui Douglas Qld, Australia Smashing Things Mosaic, Sculpture Supplies Email
Kim Grant ACT, Australia Kim Grant Mosaics Email
Pamela Irving Victoria, Australia Pamela Irving Email
Coralee Lawrence Queensland, Australia    
Christina Macaulay NSW, Australia Mosaico Art & Design Studio Email
Sandra Robertson Queensland, Australia OzMosaics Email
Jackie Scheepers NSW, Australia Website Email
Selena Seifert NSW, Australia Website Email
Marian Shapiro Sydney, Australia Darian Design Email
Gail Spendelove QLD, Australia   Email
Sandra Sullivan South Australia, Australia   Email
Wendy Tanner NSW, Australia Mosaic the World Email
Austria
Heidi Easton-Pichler Villach, Austria   Email
Anna Herfort-Spaller Vienna, Austria   Email
Anna + Diana Herfort-Spaller + Schamschula Vienna, Austria di-sign Email
Gerda Merwald Mondsee, Austria   Email
Diana Schamschula Vienna, Austria di-sign Email
Andreas Thumfart Pasching, Austria MOSArtIC Email
Belgium
Shirley Arisiaman Limburg, Belgium   Email
Nico Habraken Berchem, Belgium Website  
Kristien Maris Diepenbeek, Belgium   Email
Ingrid Ramsdonck Limburg, Belgium    
Mireille Swinnen Ulbeek, Belgium Mozaiekstudio Email
Stefan Wolters Limburg, Belgium   Email
Brazil
Liliana Akstein SP, Brazil LiliAks Email
Tania Andrade Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tania Andrade Email
Andrea Bannitz SP, Brazil Louca por mosaico Email
Elaine Barbosa de Sousa Minas Gerais, Brazil Website Email
Maria Angela Caminha Costa Minas Gerais, Brazil Website Email
Cida Carvalho Brasilia, Brazil Cida Carvalho Email
Ana Cunha Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ana Luzia Cunha Email
Angela Damiani Parana, Brazil   Email
Cibele de Faria Rosa São Paulo, Brazil   Email
Solange Fonseca Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bangalô Brasil Objetos Criativos Email
Virginia Ghiggi R.S., Brazil   Email
Tati Guerra Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Email
Tania Kassya Sao Paulo, Brazil   Email
Rosangela Kusma Gasparin Paraná, Brazil   Email
Glaucia Labanca Paraná, Brazil Garimpo da arte Email
Marina Landi São Paulo, Brazil   Email
Marta Lassarotte Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Studio das Artes Email
Cristiane Lima Minas Gerais, Brazil Website Email
Lucir Locatelli Santa Catarina, Brazil   Email
Paulo Máttar Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Atelier Sagrado & Profano Email
Margarete Medeiros Braília, Brazil Toca do Mosaico Email
Angela Mello RJ, Brazil Website Email
Carla Nogueira Niterói, Brazil Carla Verena Email
Bea Pereira Curitiba, Brazil Website Email
Isabel Ruas SP, Brazil Oficina de Mosaicos Email
Cassia Schwab Paraná, Brazil Garimpo da arte Email
Tania Silva Sao Paulo, Brazil   Email
Cristina Sobreira Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Email
Marinella Spadon Santa Rita de Passa Quatro, Brazil Website Email
Sumako Sugita Paraná-Brasil, Brazil   Email
Leoni Trevisan Kusma Paraná, Brazil    
Cristina Vermelho Apucarana - Paraná, Brazil   Email
Claudia Veronica do Valle Distrito Federal, Brazil Website Email
Rosangela Villela Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Email
Bulgaria
Sasho Popov Plovdiv, Bulgaria Website Email
Canada
Margo Anton Alberta, Canada Minerva Mosaics Email
Théophraste Béguin Quebec, Canada Atelier naYan Workshop  
Catherine Bonato Quebec, Canada   Email
Lori Bradford Saskatchewan, Canada   Email
Judy Breau Ontario, Canada Versatile Mosaics Email
Lilian Broca British Columbia, Canada Website Email
Sheryl Crowley New Brunswick, Canada Fractured Art Mosaics Email
Melissa Davidson Quebec, Canada Mouche Mosaics Email
Sue Davis-Mendelow Ontario, Canada Such Art Email
Julie Denommée Quebec, Canada Un Dénommé Design Email
Sophie Drouin Ontario, Canada