Photograph

Tile panel with green, red and yellow star pattern: Photographs

01/07/1986

Hand-glazed Tile Panel

Photograph of the tile panel.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Work of Art

Tile panel with green, red, yellow and blue star pattern 1986

Personal Work of Art, Hand-glazed Tilework

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Seth Wachtel

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.

References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

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 ...

Photographs

Tile panel with green, red, yellow and blue star pattern: Photographs of tile samples 01/07/1986

Work of Art, Mock-up

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Two images of tile mock-ups for testing the geometry of the tile pattern and its color combination.