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Lochside bricks were manufactured in Townhill, to the north of Dunfermline, from 1902 to 1974. This brick was washed up on the banks of the River Forth at Crombie, its edges smoothed and rounded by the water.
for the folks at Apt. Therapy, my version of the BDDW walls thread.
I essentially 'grouted' the bricks with latex-modified thinset. I've worked with drywall mud/plaster mixes before, they're a bitch. Thinset is great, the latex-modifed will stick to practically anything, and won't give you the shrinkage problems of a drywall mud mix.
1. Clean the bricks
2. I mixed up the thinset, put it on heavy with a float, then sponged some of it off. Thinset works and sets much like grout. You could easily leave on enough to make it look like the BDDW pic, but i wanted it a little more on this side of brick.
3. After it's dry, prime and paint
Ok guys, firstly I will be leaving on vacation on Monday (that is the reason I can't exhibit) and will be coming back the day before Brick Fair! I will be bringing stuff like my BA and Custom stuff.
I will be bringing my BA's and custom painted stuff. Don't be shy to say hi and tell me who you are! Hope to see you there!
More information below. ;)
You have heard of the Tate Bricks. Now this!
This type of bricks are used for paving the paths on campus, rather than using gravel which is more appropriate as it allows water to seep into the ground. These 6 are now installed in my office. The rare observant visitor asks about them.
just a test shot, but the (corner) 'symmetry' is happymaking.
test roll for pentax mx - film advance not the most precise, but no big deal.
pan f+, hc110e, 5.5' (negs a little thin)
February 6, 2013
I just liked the texture. And really wanted to take a photo because it feels like I haven't taken any real photos in a while.
Sign on a church wall. Only one thing could make this sign even better, and that would be including a threat: "Violators will be persecuted."
So...
Dan and I bought a house.
I know, I'm just as shocked as you are.
It's a 1920 brick tudor-style cottage on a tiny little block with six houses on it here in town. In the back there's a big hill and a lovely shade garden.
We close on June 30th, so fingers crossed until then!
uneven, rustic and, in my opinion, beautiful...and even more so with the sun throwing such strong shafts of light through the window...
This is a double exposure of a brick wall and a door. I like it because the brick wall is curved, so it makes the picture look almost 3D. I also like that the picture looks almost medieval.
LEGO started to produce plastic bricks in 1949. The initial design was based on the Kiddicraft "Self Locking Building Bricks" by Hilary Page. LEGO received a sample mould of those Kiddicraft bricks with the first injection-moulding machine that was bought. That design was only patented in a few countries, so LEGO was able to produce similar bricks without legal problems. Only a few minor adjustments were made to the general design. The edges were sharper, the top of the studs were flattened, and in addition to the bricks with two opposite slots a design with a single slot was introduced.
Initially the LEGO bricks were produced in a rainbow of colours and sold under the name "Automatic Binding Bricks".
In 1953 LEGO changed the name of the product line to "LEGO Mursten". New brick sizes were added and the number of colours was reduced.
By 1955 LEGO developed the "System in play" and the product line was renamed again. From now on, all sets and parts supplemented each other instead of being separated items. A key design feature that all LEGO elements share until this day. The sets were modelled around a single theme: town plan.
LEGO kept searching for improvements. New parts and sets were added every year. In 1956 the slotted bricks and the corresponding windows were replaced. The new designs no longer needed the slots and the bricks were replaced by the "hollow bricks". By 1958 LEGO patented a new interlocking system for these bricks and they were replaced by the "bricks with tubes". Care was taken to improve the visual appearance of the bricks.
The LEGO slotted bricks were produced in a few locations:
1) Denmark
2) Sweden (approximately 1950-1954)
3) Norway (1953-1962)
4) Iceland (1955/56? - 1977)
LEGO seems to have controlled the moulds and seems to have rented them to the different companies as a part of the licence agreement. As a result, moulds sometimes moved form one location to the next. Some odd colours or materials that were used prove this. That is why, in some cases, it seems to be impossible to tell where a brick was produced.