Urban Bloom

'Urban Bloom...a tile mosaic for Glasgow, inspired by Glasgow...

Located in the public thoroughfare, under a railway arch, between SWG3 (Eastvale Place), and the walkway beside the Clydeside Expressway.

The mosaic is made from Cesi frost proof tiles and sits on a rendered brick wall.

Partly funded by Clydesdale Initiative for Arts as part of Yardworks G.R.I.D.

The concept and design for Urban Bloom is inspired by:

• A mosaic detail in the ceiling of Glasgow City Chambers, dating back to the late 19th century, the same era as the sandstone arch which frames Urban Bloom.

• Plants that grow defiantly in old stone walls in Glasgow.

• Ornamental ceramic tile art in the communal traditional

• Glasgow wally closes.

• Tile art in old railway stations.

• Victorian mosaic art on thresholds and shopfronts in Glasgow. (many have sadly been erased from the city)

• Broken up thick yellow and white paint on Glasgow street markings.

Ruinous sand stone walls in Glasgow.

• Dandelions and thistles.

• The material language of mosaic which inherently transforms the broken...

• Street art in Glasgow.