We had the good fortune of connecting with Cheri Pann & Gonzalo Duran and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Cheri & Gonzalo, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Both my wife Cheri and I are artists. We wanted to live and work on our paintings in the same place so we built 20’ high ceiling studios attached to the house. After the studios were finished, Cheri made some tiles for the kitchen and the process was very fulfilling because instead of straight tiling it was more
like collaging with with broken tile.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
We are now known more for the mosaic work on the house than for the artwork. The message here is being flexible. We still do our work and if people want to see the mosaics we have tours and people are happy and go home inspired! We love having the tours of the house because it’s like a standing ovation each time, people are so appreciative.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
We know how to make things because some one passed on his knowledge to us. Now the internet has made everything accessible and there are are a lot of talented
people who shout out their ideas. Everyone is talented in his own way and they
need to let their light shine through.
They need to SHOUTOUT.

Website: www.mosaictilehouse.com

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