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San Gines work on world’s largest ceramic tile mural |
The handmade mural will complete the
construction of the Convention Center in Oran (Algeria). It has been ordered to
Cerámica San Ginés by the international
construction company OHL.
The company Cerámica San Ginés is
carrying out the largest ceramic tile mural in the world, which will be
exhibited on the outside of the Oran Convention Center, whose inauguration will
be held in April 2010.
The mural is 60
meters wide by 35,4 meters high. For
its production, it will be necessary 55.000 tiles. San Ginés counts on the collaboration of several workshops in
Talavera to execute this work that reproduces, in big dimensions, a design of
the Algerian artist Tewfik Boumehdi.
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Regarding its characteristics, the mural is made up of floral motifs
typical from the decorative arts in North Africa.
The technique used is named "sobrecubierta",
common in Talavera, with handmade decoration on silicated oxides.
The mural will be presented to public in April, coinciding with the
celebration of the XVI World Liquefied Gas Conference (GNL 16), organized by
Sonatrach, the hydrocarbon state-owned company.
For Cerámica San Ginés, this project
serves as recognition of its internationalization strategy.
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