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Portugal, Póvoa de Varzim and Azuleja
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Love those blue tiles!
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I can’t resist them Sue, I could fill up my entire blog with these pictures!
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I love blue and white tiles and china. These are gorgeous!
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One theory for the predominance of blue in Portuguese tiles is that it based on the Delft style from the Netherlands.
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Fantastic tiles
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Yes they are, I could look at them all day long! Thanks.
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Andrew this is likely a daft question but when the tiles create a mural like that are the tiles painted by the artist one at a time and then placed on the wall or are they on the wall and painted in place? Any which way it is extraordinary in the effect. Beautiful.
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They would have to be painted individually and then fired in an oven before being assembled into a wall mural. Sometimes different artists would paint different parts of the mural.
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Would love to see the process in action. Thanks for the explanation.
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