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A Bathroom as Art

 
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I recently tiled a bathroom.
I figure this is my pooper art, as I like staring at patterns while sitting down.

I don’t know if anyone remembers those 3D pics that used to come in the weekly magazines, that you had to squint your eyes to see the hidden picture? (Kid of the 90’s. Was probably around the time of the first Jurrasic Park movie). Anyhow - that would probably be my ideal bathroom art, except the picture would need to change, cause once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

So I went with patterns instead.
The tiles were sourced from a scratch pile where they throw out tiles they don’t have enough of anymore. Quite a few hours of scratching.
The paint is chalk paint and a vile of liquid tint/ pigment.
Structure is natural stone with cement mortar (pre existing, pine and eucalyptus, scavenged shower window, some corrugated roofing, an old car windscreen as the shower roof. The basins were picked up for $3.
Walls and tiles are sealed with boiled linseed.
Tile grout and plastered and painted walls are cement based.
Busy constructing the compost toilet, going for a single bucket and see how that goes (not a large number of people).
Next job is to venture into plumbing (shower head and tap for basin) and figuring out a heat source. Likely passive solar or compost.

The grey water system is gravity fed from the shower drain to a reed bed (other side of the glass) to a small pond at the entrance of a studio.
The pond overflows onto an agricultural drain (channel with rocks, covered with sand) and feeds a few apple trees, a lemon tree and some guavas.
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Shower with a view of the garden
Shower with a view of the garden
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View of tiles from the toilet
View of tiles from the toilet
 
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It looks beautiful.  Nice work!
 
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Beautiful!! What a great idea.
 
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Looks amazing, congratulations!
 
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