LET'S CREATE THE WORLDS' MOST AMAZING MOSAIC TOGETHER!
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SO WHAT'S THE PLAN?
To recreate the whole painting Rio Cruzeiro in Mosaic! Stone by stone, to ensure the amazing design by master tattooist Rob Admiraal will survive – and look better than ever.
A group of women from the community teamed up with the amazing Cosmonautos Mosaicos to become skilled experts in the art of Mosaic. One part at a time, they trace the lines of the old painting on paper, which they take to the Favela Mosaico Workshop – right on the same street in Vila Cruzeiro – where they lay the tiles to recreate the artwork by Master Tattooist Rob Admiraal.
Together with guys from the Favela Painting crew they bring the tiled pieces back out on the street, position them, glue everything to the concrete and finally add grout to fixate the artwork for ever.
At the same time, a crew of local masons, are adding stucco and tiles to the surrounding buildings, to create an artwork that involves the entire street.
Ultimately, Rua Santa Helena – the very same street where in 2005 the idea for the Favela Painting project was born – will become one of the most wondrous places in the world. A dedication to collaboration, creativity and togetherness. What was once said by the painters, more than ten years ago: ‘one day i will show my grandson what we did when he was young’ will finally become true.
Money raised for this project is used solely for the project itself. No overhead, no costs, every penny goes to Rio. The whole team is local, which means from the communbity itself, including team leaders and project managers. They are supported by United Painting through social media, picture, facetime etcetera. Some technical guidance and quality control is done by the Cosmonautos Mosaicos, who are Rio-based.
