Talpiot – a section in south Jerusalem – is known as the ‘industrial area’. That makes it sound awful, when in fact Talpiot is chock full of other things besides car dealerships, lumberyards and Russians.
It’s the place to go if you want to choose from six different enormous supermarkets, if you want to get your driver’s licence and if you are an artist looking for craft materials. There are at least four solid craft stores where you can get really cool materials for projects.
Since I broke our makeshift glass coffee table (window pane + window frame + wooden legs my brother built)… ahem, twice… I figured I’d make something a little more durable this time. That, and I have been having a craving for mosaic tiles.
Aside from feeling like an -aholic in rehab, it was quite soothing to place each individual tile in its place:
I like it because I did an art project that a three-year-old can do and actually made a funky coffee table for our living room.
I also like it because, I have to admit, look at all the pretty colours…
Mmmm… Colours…
Whadya got: