West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center – Hand-made Tilework: Photographs

Hand-made, painted and glazed array of tiles of white porcelain with a repeated flower design in green, red and brown colors in white background, embedded in the walls of the dining hall, at eye level height.

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 ...

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...