Chapter 18. Ornament as Part of all Unfolding, 6 / Hand-Glazed Tilework

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Green and red Seljuk pattern tiles, on a 2' X 3' panel, hand-painted and hand-glazed in the Martinez office workshop; ceramic paint on white porcelain tile.

Tile panel with green, red, yellow and blue star pattern tiles, hand-painted and hand-glazed in the Martinez office workshop; ceramic paint on white porcelain tile.

Hand-painted and hand-glazed green tiles with red asterisks used for cladding the fireplace front.