Section 04
Tile
Four entries on geometry that generates itself: the compass-and-straightedge system behind the pattern, the two ways of getting it into fired clay, and the stacked cell that turns a square room into a dome.
- 13GirihStrapwork built from a small set of repeating figures, laid out with compass and straightedge, generating patterns that never quite close.
- 14Cut mosaicEach colour fired separately then cut and set face-down into plaster — slower, sharper and far more expensive than painting the whole panel.
- 15Seven coloursThe haft rang tile: several colours fired together on one square, cheaper and faster, with the softer edges to prove it.
- 16MuqarnasThe stalactite vault as a system of stacked cells that turns a square room into a dome without anyone seeing the transition.
The section in four frames
