We moved to Barcelona for my husband’s work 6 years ago. I noticed that many construction dumpsters were filled of absolutely gorgeous antique modernista floor tiles. I began dumpster diving for the tiles and bringing them home. I learned that these tiles were produced by applying colored powdered marble to a base of concrete through a hydraulic process. The tiles can be up to a hundred and twenty five years old and were a fundamental part of the Catalan Modernista movement which in many ways mirrored Art Nouveau. Antoni Gaudi is without doubt the Modernista’s most famous practitioner and his still unfinished Sagrada Familia Cathedral is the style’s finest example.
As the tiles began to fill up our small apartment I needed to find a way of utilizing them and this is how I came up with the idea of turning them into tables.
Benedicte Bodard
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