El pasado dia 8 de septiembre en la inauguración en Madrid por parte del alcalde Gallardon de 2 puentes sobre el rio Manzanares en la que se ha colocado el mayor mosaico fotografico de Europa.
Este mosaico, ha sido realizado en Vitoria, basado en las fotografias y en la obra del famoso artista Daniel Canogar, y para realizarlo se ha usado la ficha de mosaico vitreo industrial mas pequeña del mundo, en total se han usado casi 7 millones de fichas de vidrio reciclado colocadas a mano una a una.
La obra, ya bautizada como "La Capilla Sextina del Manzanares" ocupa 300 m2 de cúpula en ambos puentes, y representa las fotografias realizadas a 50 vecinos por Daniel Canogar.
On September 8th the mayor of the city of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, attended the inauguration of two bridges crossing the Manzanares river, where the biggest photographic mosaic in Europe is laid.
This mosaic has been manufactured in Vitoria, based on the pictures and work from the famous artist Daniel Canogar and in order to make it, the smallest industrial glass mosaic tile in the world has been used. Nearly 7 million tiles of recycled glass were laid by hand one by one.
The work, already named "The Sistine Chapel over Manzanares" takes 300 sq. meters of dome and represents the pictures taken by Daniel Canogar to 50 residents.
Este mosaico, ha sido realizado en Vitoria, basado en las fotografias y en la obra del famoso artista Daniel Canogar, y para realizarlo se ha usado la ficha de mosaico vitreo industrial mas pequeña del mundo, en total se han usado casi 7 millones de fichas de vidrio reciclado colocadas a mano una a una.
La obra, ya bautizada como "La Capilla Sextina del Manzanares" ocupa 300 m2 de cúpula en ambos puentes, y representa las fotografias realizadas a 50 vecinos por Daniel Canogar.
On September 8th the mayor of the city of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, attended the inauguration of two bridges crossing the Manzanares river, where the biggest photographic mosaic in Europe is laid.
This mosaic has been manufactured in Vitoria, based on the pictures and work from the famous artist Daniel Canogar and in order to make it, the smallest industrial glass mosaic tile in the world has been used. Nearly 7 million tiles of recycled glass were laid by hand one by one.
The work, already named "The Sistine Chapel over Manzanares" takes 300 sq. meters of dome and represents the pictures taken by Daniel Canogar to 50 residents.
