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Cat tile on the wall in the Kasbah
Our first tour as a group in Morocco was the Kasbah of the Udayas (also spelled as Kasbah of the Oudaias) in Rabat. The Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in the 12th century.
Filmmaker Jon Foy (standing, left) with the County Theater's Director of Special Film Programs Christopher Collier (right) during the Q&A following the screening of Resurrect Dead.
For more on the film (and the tiles), see: the film's official website; my interview with Jon Foy in Knowledge@Wharton, "Building a Mystery: The Toynbee Tiles and Jon Foy's Filmmaking Quest"; my review of the film: "Uncovering What Lies Beneath"; and the Toynbee Tiles Group Pool in Flickr.
Lovely detailing on a building in the strip district of Pittsburgh.
Taken with Panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens on Panasonic GH2.
The never-ending saga of the kitchen revamp has gone one louder with the commencement of tiling. Bit wonky and pending grouting but taking shape
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7:30PM on friday - 3 days to go.
there are a couple spots that aren't 100% lined up. i think they're close but working with an old house makes for a lot of imperfections. the floor is sloped a bit and at least 2 of the walls aren't perfectly straight.
i still need to grout. i won't be done this weekend though...i forgot to account for drying time between setting the tile and grouting them.
i'm going to switch to a little kitchen work while i wait for the mortar to dry.
My first day, I was blown away by whole tiled facades of houses, streets, and virtually anywhere where there was open space. So much color!
This is a painting of a Robin I did yesterday.
I painted it with ceramic underglazes and covered it with a Satin Ivory Glaze.
The size is a 6X6 ceramic tile.
Triple exposure HDR._____
St. Francis de Sales Church.
Henry Dagit, Architect. Cornerstone laid 1907.
Philadelphia, PA, USA
The spire of St Oswald's church is the dominant landmark in Ashbourne, and the church beneath it one of the most rewarding in the county, being especially rich in stained glass and monuments. The earliest parts of the present building date back to the 1240s and the rest was added over the next century. It is a well proportioned cruciform building on a scale that befits a small town.
The chancel and transepts betray their 13th century date with their series of lancet windows while the nave is clearly later. The central tower and spire are of 14th century date and a particularly handsome specimen, considered the very finest by George Eliot. The building stands in a pleasant churchyard set back from the main road and is a delight to explore.
Inside the church is equally impressive and spacious, though the nave has a curiously lop-sided appearance, owing to the aisle and fine arcade on the south side but absence of anything to balance them to the north (along with the fact the south arcade doesn't quite line up with the arch beneath the tower). The prinicpal windows in the chancel and transepts are now large Perpendicular style traceried affairs full of Victorian glass, but originally would have been more consistent with the rows of lancet windows in the side walls of these parts of the church, a good example of Early English style.
Most of the furnishings date back to the Victorian restoration, as does much of the glass, though there are substantial medieval pieces remaining in the north transept and then a couple of lovely Arts & Crafts windows on the south side, most prominently the delightful St Cecilia window by Christopher Whall. The monuments are mostly to be found in the Boothby chapel on the east side of the north transept and, a fine collection of recumbent effigies, all medieval and Tudor with one notable exception.
Happily Ashbourne church is normally kept open and visitor friendly, and is well worth exploring. I am again indebted to my friend Sam for both my visits here over the years (a difficult one for me to get to otheriwse). I only wish I had a better set of photos as I was limited to handheld shots only, mostly in conditions that required something a bit more considered, thus I hope to return one of these days.