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Inspiration: Antoni Gaudí

Benches at Park Güell

Grillwork at Palau Güell

Rooftop at Casa Battló

Flower Stand from Palau Güell

To kick off our Inspiration series of posts about artists we admire and other sources of inspiration in our work, it only made sense to start with Catalan artist and architect Antoni Gaudí. There is so much that we admire about Gaudí. Of course his beautiful work, among the most loved in the world. Seven of his works are Unesco World Heritage sites, including all the work pictured here. He shared our love of nature and allowed that inspiration to speak through his work. His masterpiece, the as-yet-incomplete Sagrada Familia, is a fascinating and stunning study in the architecture of nature. Most personally, we are drawn to Gaudí as a craftsperson trained in many fields, including those closest to our hearts, blacksmithing, ceramics, and stained glass.