African bricks by Charis Tsevis

Incredible Mosaics inspired by the African bricks by Charis Tsevis

Visual designer Charis Tsevis pleased us once more with his magnificent latest work. A series of artworks inspired by the Mandela House in Soweto and other similar machbox houses in Africa.
The basic element Charis used is the brick which he borrowed directly from the typical matchbox houses in the African townships, because Charis sees the brick as a symbol of people’s creativity. “A symbol of courage to build a safe place for the family. My bricks are sometimes stable and others unstable. And they are filled with other forms of African creativity. Fabrics, art, leather, animal skins…”

His digital files became exceptional artworks when he printed them on wood in 8 colors, collaborating with the great team of Quality Printing Solutions.
Read more details here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/33310447/African-bricks-for-Sasis

Anyone can admire these amazing pieces of art at the African restaurant in Athens, Greece, named Sasi’s.

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The Printing

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The Inspiration

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Created with custom developed scripts, hacks and techniques in Studio Artist, Adobe Creative Suite and Apple QuickTime Pro, listened to amazing African music.

Credits:
Artworks: Charis Tsevis
Sasi’s restaurant interior design and art direction: Dimitra Tzanos
Printed by Quality Printing Solutions S.A..
Sasi’s restaurant photos: Marios Theologis.
Mandela’s Soweto house photos by A. Bailey, Jack Tomczuk and Dimitra Tzanos

 

Maria Papaefstathiou

VISUAL DESIGNER since 1996 and blogger since 2010. Living in Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on poster design and particularly on social poster design and portrait design. Her main poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of traditional and popular culture in Greece and Jamaica. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc. This is an ongoing project. “I believe that design is a powerful tool that we designers can use to spark enthusiasm, change mindsets and bring positive actions to our world and our culture”. FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF GRAPHICART-NEWS.COM BLOG. She carefully curates high-quality designs, illustrations, and art, from all over the world that will teach and provoke other designers. Many consider her blog to be an exceptional educational tool. CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST which was launched on December 2011, partnering, the creative activist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee. (www.reggaepostercontest.com)