Sentences with phrase «blue tiles grow»
When the world outside hardens with dark and cold, the sky - blue tiles grow icy and sting my naked soles, but pipes vibrate in a low, comforting hum and the water is hot and delightful; I plunge into it with a heedless splash, rushing to slide into soap suds up to my chin before the prickle of goose bumps overtakes me.
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As in her iconic series Azulejões, where the artist amplifies the scale of the blue and white Portuguese tile, these new three - dimensional oil paintings have grown from her fascination to develop a technique that would allow her to reconstruct 19th century Pallisy ware from the celebrated Portuguese factory of Caldas da Rainha, run by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846 - 1905) one of the most relevant Portuguese artists and Palissy follower.