Comments on: The Queenhithe Mosaic https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388358 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:51:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388358 Your posts about these gifted mosaic masters are some of my all-time SL favorites — and that’s saying a mouth full. Every one of their projects has been designed and executed with
incredible sensitivity and graphic élan. The skill full interpretations of type, images, motifs, borders, etc is a tribute to the ancient art of mosaic — and yet this installation is so
fresh and contemporary. A beautiful contributi0n to public art — I envy those who can stroll over and take a look in person. In the meantime, thank you for these beautiful photos — and thanks for shining a light on these amazing artisans. “LONDON PRIDE” indeed!

Your great tradition of illustrators such as Ravilious, Bawden, David Gentleman, and others are present in this work — yet it is totally unique and distinctive. Wonderful.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388336 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 10:01:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388336 Extraordinary design and execution!
I don’t know how long it would take me to walk by this mosaic because each element requires a lot of investigation–‘look how they made that eye!’ ‘oh, those plants!’ and so on, for hours of delight.
A packed lunch would be needed for the walk.

]]> By: Kelly Holman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388331 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:37:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388331 What an incredibly beautiful piece of work. I love how history is intertwined with the hithe’s natural history; creatures and plants that presumably have existed there at all points in time.

]]> By: Colin Cohen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388330 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:36:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388330 It’s the first improvement to Queenhithe for many a decade! It was once at the heart of the paper trade, and the London base of my favourite Victorian papermaker and philanthropist T H Saunders – the building to the left of the dock in the lead photo here has his name: http://www.apollo-magazine.com/englands-history-in-photographs-highlights-from-picturing-england/

]]> By: Val Mutch https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388323 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:05:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388323 I was introduced to this by Gordon and Caroline Haynes and love it. I have taken family visitors there and a group of friends. You see something new each time. It’s lovely and definitely worth a visit.

]]> By: Esther Wijnbeek https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388311 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 07:57:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388311 I enjoyed the foto’s of all the beautiful mosaics about the history from London

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388304 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 07:08:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388304 Wow! What an epic! I can’t wait to see it in the flesh…

]]> By: Glenn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/24/the-queenhithe-mosaic-o/#comment-1388278 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 05:00:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188115#comment-1388278 Indeed it is very beautiful to look at when walking along the Thames path.
Informative too!

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