Murals

Murals are one of the signatures of Kitengela Hot Glass. What one might call a sort of flat sculpture, they are mixed-media extravaganzas. Attached pieces of pre-blown or casted glass, different painting techniques, inlays, wood and metal make for explosions of colour and texture.

At Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Anselm and his team have created an elaborate and definitive mural, utilizing nearly every technique at their disposal. Imagine a forest made of glass cane (rods of glass that are pencil thickness); a mirror of mosaic rain; a gunia or gunnysack style of paint finish that makes the glass elements stand out, filling the gaps; individual beading to pepper the wall with; and casted discs to establish patterns around larger pieces of glass.

“That commission all added up to coherence for the piece,” Anselm divulges. “And it was fun, like being in a big paint box. The mural was originally supposed to be one wall but it lifted everything else up, so we extended it right up to the entrance of the hotel. It was a very comprehensive treatment.”

• palm mural 2
• palm mural 1
• palm mural detail
• Chetal mural
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural dining 9
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural dining 8
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• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural dining 3
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural dining 2
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural dining 1
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural bar area
• Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge mural main entrance
• Ngorongoro Wildife Lodge mural suites entrance
• Ngorongoro bead curtain