Alec Rice Mosaics

Alec Rice Mosaics Cornwall based mosaic artist

Another post cover installed
25/05/2026

Another post cover installed

Nice donation of plates courtesy of Kelly😁
23/05/2026

Nice donation of plates courtesy of Kelly😁

Making tiles for mosaics from glazing samples made by Ann
07/05/2026

Making tiles for mosaics from glazing samples made by Ann

Prepping some hand made tiles for firing
03/05/2026

Prepping some hand made tiles for firing

29/04/2026

The architect who designed this building, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, had a very specific vision for it. He called it a "garden for music." These columns are the most literal proof of that idea.
Every single column in this colonnade is covered in a different mosaic pattern. Roses, irises, geometric medallions, vines — no two are the same. They have been standing in the open air on this balcony since 1908. Over 115 years of Barcelona weather, and still this vivid.
The building is the Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music), completed in 1908 by Domènech i Montaner. It was built for the Orfeó Català, a Catalan choral society founded in 1891 that was at the center of a broader cultural and political revival known as the Renaixença (Catalan Rebirth). The whole building was funded by public subscription — ordinary Catalans paid for it, not the state.
In 1997, UNESCO made it a World Heritage Site. It is the only concert hall in the modernist style to receive that designation.
One detail most visitors don't expect: this hall has never staged an opera. Not once. Operas go to the Gran Teatre del Liceu across town. The Palau was built for choral and orchestral music — and that is still what it does, over a century later.

Bringing Mabel back out into the sun😁
25/04/2026

Bringing Mabel back out into the sun😁

Another two mosaic post covers installed
23/04/2026

Another two mosaic post covers installed

Often asked where do I get my faces that are in mosaics from?
05/04/2026

Often asked where do I get my faces that are in mosaics from?

A couple more mosaic posts to banish the grey!
01/04/2026

A couple more mosaic posts to banish the grey!

Grey concrete posts? Nah!
26/03/2026

Grey concrete posts? Nah!

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