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Tiles in Cromer

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Some tiles from another visit to Cromer. First an almost square psuedo-mosaic tile in a doorway: look for the join…

pseudo mosaic tile in Cromer

Some garish steps:

Red and yellow chequered steps

Some roof tiles from Norwich Station:

Roof tiles at Norwich Station

Half-pipes and basketweave in Cromer

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

This wall in Cromer has panels made of half-pipes. This is a simple pattern, but is the basis of the fan background pattern that is widely used in mosaics. The width of the ceramic adds an extra element to the spaces - the arms at the side. These show up better with more contrast (below)

Wall made from half pipes

Wall made from half pipes

The pattern below is a standard basketweave, commonly used in tiles and brickwork (although it’s more decorative than load-bearing). What I like about it here is the green “grout” of moss.

basket weave pattern

Monkey puzzle and flints

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Couldn’t help noticing these patterns on a monkey puzzle tree and some flint walls…

Monkey puzzle tree bark

Flint and brick wall

This one is actually taken looking vertically up the wall of a church tower.
Flint wall