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West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center – Hand-made Tilework: Tile pattern and color studies

27/06/1996
Sketches, Gouache Painting

Eleven sketches studying the flower shapes and color distribution for the tile pattern.

Drawing:

  • 1) Pencil sketch
  • 2) The pencil sketch seen on a film negative
  • 3) Light greens on bluish background watercolor sketch
  • 4) Green and brown on greyish background watercolor sketch
  • 5) Similar to the previous watercolor sketch, but with more brown
  • 6) Green, light brown and red on bluish background watercolor sketch
  • 7) Greens, blues and light red on beige background watercolor sketch
  • 8) Green, blue and red on bluish background watercolor sketch
  • 9) Earlier pencil sketch
  • 10) Another early pencil sketch
  • 11) Early sketch with black ink
Content of
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Hand-made tilework 1996
    Work of Art for Project, Hand-made Tilework
    Hand-made, painted and glazed tile of white porcelain with a flower design in green and yellow on reddish background, embedded in the entrance wall to the dining hall, over the archway.
References
  • Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding
    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 ...
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Hand-made Tilework: Sketches & notes on tile glazes 05/07/1996
    Construction Innovation, Design Matters, Notes & Sketches
    Four sketches with notes of the two tile patterns for which four versions of color combinations and distribution are proposed by the specified glaze codes.
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