Comments on: A Few Of Hackney Mosaic Project’s Greatest Hits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/27/a-few-of-hackney-mosaic-projects-greatest-hits/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/27/a-few-of-hackney-mosaic-projects-greatest-hits/#comment-1716424 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:50:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203003#comment-1716424 Ever since childhood, I have loved visual alphabets. “A for apple”, etc. The honey comb layout of the mosaic in the churchyard is undoubtedly one of the most charming illustrated alphabets I have ever seen. So wisely designed, with astute choices for each letter, and a lovely color palette. The intriguing EYE was the element that pulled me right IN, and kept
me searching through each segment. Needle, yep. Gloves, uh huh. Zig zag, sure.

These mosaics are far more than a “body of work” — this is a lasting legacy of British design.
I’m in awe.

]]> By: Arabella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/27/a-few-of-hackney-mosaic-projects-greatest-hits/#comment-1716358 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:38:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203003#comment-1716358 I wish we had a Tessa Hunkin.
Indeed wouldn’t it be lovely if every town and city had one.

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