Portuguese Paving
This mosaic named 'Portuguese Paving' represents the Portuguese alliance with England known as The Treaty of Windsor, the oldest alliance in the world.
The alliance started in 1373 and was renewed in 1386 with the wedding between Phillipa of Lancaster, Princess of England and King John I of Portugal, making Phillipa Queen of Portugal.
The artwork is in a circle, representing their wedding rings and is made from limestone and Calcada Portuguesa, a basalt that can only be found in the mountains of Portugal.
Reprezent Project, a community led urban arts organisation, commissioned the artwork.
Rui Ferreira, aka RAF, is a street artist from Portugal who painted the large mural in Europe in Lisbon. He created the artwork for this project digitally, and then a stencil was cut out by hand to use on the installation.
Fernando Simoes is a stone and mosaic artist with over 40 years of experience. He broke every stone by hand to create this artwork.
The mosaic is installed outside Christchurch and is part of Great Yarmouth's new sculpture trail.
There are examples of this paving in Portugal, Spain and France, as well as other parts of Europe and in former Portuguese colonies. There were previously no examples in the UK, this being the first. It is hoped there will be a replica of this installation created in Lisbon.
Portuguese Paving
This mosaic named 'Portuguese Paving' represents the Portuguese alliance with England known as The Treaty of Windsor, the oldest alliance in the world.
The alliance started in 1373 and was renewed in 1386 with the wedding between Phillipa of Lancaster, Princess of England and King John I of Portugal, making Phillipa Queen of Portugal.
The artwork is in a circle, representing their wedding rings and is made from limestone and Calcada Portuguesa, a basalt that can only be found in the mountains of Portugal.
Reprezent Project, a community led urban arts organisation, commissioned the artwork.
Rui Ferreira, aka RAF, is a street artist from Portugal who painted the large mural in Europe in Lisbon. He created the artwork for this project digitally, and then a stencil was cut out by hand to use on the installation.
Fernando Simoes is a stone and mosaic artist with over 40 years of experience. He broke every stone by hand to create this artwork.
The mosaic is installed outside Christchurch and is part of Great Yarmouth's new sculpture trail.
There are examples of this paving in Portugal, Spain and France, as well as other parts of Europe and in former Portuguese colonies. There were previously no examples in the UK, this being the first. It is hoped there will be a replica of this installation created in Lisbon.