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These tiles were on exhibit in the Karatay Medresesi. I found them interesting because they showed figures of people and animals. When I asked why these were here, the comment was that these were likely from a palace location, rather than a mosque.
This is a sample of the tile that will be on the shower floor. The smaller tiles allow better contouring since we are slanting all tile toward the center drain. It won't affect Robert's wheelchair stability in the shower, just slanted enough for water to drain.
I've seen far fancier Batchelder fireplaces but this is the one I grew up with. It would be neat & useful if someone had done a census of all the buildings in the LA area that have Batchelder tiles.
My Second attempt at tilt shift photography. These pics weren't taken for the purpose of turning into tilt shifts, so I understand they aren't perfect by any means! Just playing about and seeing what works and what doesnt!
Ancient tile mosaics on the floor of a building in the north western side of Jerash, possibly an old church.
Spot gluing the tiles to the paper form. The central hole takes the router trimmer circle cutter. The rope will be routed to the inner ring - approx 7mm wide.
So long as the angle is right - the length and width do not matter too much. Its an eyeball deceiving task - they always look wrong ! Placement lines help maintain the desired angle.
Each tile cuts the diagonal of 5.6 deg of arc ( as 8 divisions of 45 - so is an angle of 5.6 deg itself - why ? - I do not know )
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Some of the original tiles in the porch were cracked and broken. It took us a while to find suitable replacements but we think that we've found some which are a pretty close match in both colour and profile.
Chipping away the old tiles was a tricky and slow task as there was nearly no grout between the tiles so it would be very easy to crack a tile that didn't need replacing.
The row of narrow green tiles didn't need replacing but came away with the upper row. Thankfully they came away cleanly and were easily put back.