I found this colourful bench covered in mosaic in the Giants Garden, Akoroa, New Zealand.
Created by Josie Martin an artist, painter and sculptor it was the most amazing garden I have ever seen.
(Do click here to go to the post I did about this garden)
(This month in her “bench series” Jude wants to see photos of a bench that is painted or stained or otherwise coloured in some way. Not the plain wooden variety unless there is some colour detail)
Memories are made of this 
How ornate!
It would take a lot of patience to make this one…
It certainly would!
An astonishingly beautiful bench!! Love it!
Thank you, I admire artists who can visualise then create such works of art.
Now this is divine. Mosaic benches are wonderful; art combined with something useful. And this one even has a little table for the wine glass. I wonder. Maybe I should seek out an old stone bench and mosaic it myself. I remember that garden. Quite astonishing.
Finding all the pieces to use in the mosaics would be hard or expensive. It amazed me how and where Josie Martin had found all her material for the hundreds of mosaics in her garden.
wow! lovely 🙂
Thank you
I remember the post you did about the Giant’s Garden vividly. What a beautiful bench – definitely art, not craft!
I love mosaic – this is magnificent! 😀
Josie is a dedicated and inspirational artist/gardener.
Clever girl keeping this beaut for August’s challenge!
Yes I have a few tucked away waiting to be revealed….
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