Cafe mosaics

Love these lamps at a roadside cafe near Kabatas tram stop in Istanbul. They're mosaic-ed - if that's a word.
Fabulous Byzantine mosaics in mosques and churches ....here echoed on the street.

A prayer mat in the Yeni V. Sultan Mosque, Istanbul

A prayer mat in the women's gallery of the Yeni V. Sultan Mosque in Uskadar, Istanbul. This is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus.

Our project Stitch looking at the cultural and social power of fabric and embroidery has links with Istanbul.

A reminder of Istanbul at the Tate

The watercolour exhibition at Tate Britain - worth a visit. Was surprised to find such a range - and such excitement in the medium. Watercolours by war artists (the medium is ideal for fast work) were particularly striking.As was the below, of course  - Hhareem Life, Constantinople 1857 by John Frederick Lewis. A reminder of a visit in 2009 and a piece of embroidery created by Ferdous Rahman. Ferdous embroidered the patterns she saw on a tile on a mosque wall. The walls of the harem are as colourful.
But of course as