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Monday 29 August 2016

Monday Murals - Blue and White

These electrical boxes were photographed in Cascais during my visit to Portugal in May.
Painted by ADD FUEL aka Diogo Machado, a Portuguese artist who specializes in painting the traditional blue and white tiles in his murals.

I had previously written a post about a beautiful mural he painted in April this  year, at Curtin University, Perth, during Form 2016.

For more beautiful murals from around the world please click on this link.











28 comments:

  1. How nice to see the traditional and gorgeous tiles as a mural!

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  2. It certainly brightens up the electrical boxes, very nice done.

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    1. Certainly does Marianne, they look much nicer.

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  3. Love that way of using old tile decorations. Cleverly done.

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  4. I love the azul tiles. It's nice to see these boxes have been given the azul "treatment".

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    1. Yes, azul treatment is the word! Thanks Halcyon.

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  5. Lovely, but too bad about the tagging.

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    1. Yes, tagging seems to be unavoidable with most of these murals, which is a pity! Thanks Tom.

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  6. it's very nice looking! all electrical boxes should look like this!

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    1. Thanks for your visit Tanya. I agree they should all have some art painted on them!

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  7. Wow, very, very well done murals. Clever idea.

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  8. I love how anything can be painted and changing the plain electrical boxes into something gorgeous is a fabulous idea. It's clever how Add Fuel partially covers the box to show the before and after. Stunning work.
    Have a lovely week are you dreaming of your next holiday like me?!
    Wren x

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    1. Thanks Wren. I hadn't thought of it, but really painting the box partially makes sense. A long weekend away end of September, and I start planning for the December holiday (possibly to Tasmania) when my daughter an son in law visit us.

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  9. Oh Sami, these are gorgeous. Blue tiles drawn on those boxes are beautiful beyond words. Although there is a bit of tagging, it wasn't so bad that it interfered with the design, which is what was important.

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    1. Thanks Elizabeth. I really like his style.

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  10. I love these. The blue tile motif is so enchanting. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.

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  11. Loved these! So beautiful and so Portuguese! It's amazing how something so regular as a boring grey box can become a cool piece of art. Kudos to the artist!

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    1. Thanks Sara, quite true! From boring to fabulous.

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  12. Looove the blue and white tiled murals Sami, I really need to get out to Curtin to check out his piece there, I loved the shots you took of it.

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    1. Thanks Grace. Give me a call when you come to Curtin, we can go for coffee.

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  13. Dearest Sami,
    What a great way to decorate electrical boxes!
    Love these pictures.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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    1. Thank you Mariette, certainly makes th a lot prettier.

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