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Islamic Brickwork


Image from Corbis Images
For more information about creating these geometric designs click Patterns in Islamic Art
These decorative panels was adapted from those designs
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Image drawn by Anne


Image drawn by Anne

Image drawn by Anne

Saminid Mausoleum


Many consider this
'One of the finest brick buildings ever built'


Image from Wikipedia
Built over 1,000 years ago, it was made, according to Uzbek Travel from clay bricks, bound with egg yolk and camel's milk


Image from: Campbell (2003) Brick, A World History pg 15
Campbell writes;
"It was built from square bricks, 220 or 260mm by 40mm bricks set in 10mm joints. These standard bricks are mixed with specially moulded bricks and larger moulded elements such as twisted columns. Close examination reveals that many of the bricks were cut to shape after firing"

This elevation is an example of how such brickwork
could be drawn, using CAD. Click image to enlarge

Cappella Palatina



Brickwork designed by Anne Nov '10
This is quite complicated to build, because each of the shapes need to be cut. Also bricks with sloping sides
tend to slip out of place, especially if they are tapped


The design was adapted from Eric Brough (2008) Islamic Geometric Patterns Page 41
Broug writes:
Cappella Palatina
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (AD 1132 / AH 526)

The Cappella Palatina was the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily and is situated in Palermo’s Palazzo Reale. Commissioned by Roger II of Sicily in AD 1132, it took eight years to build and many more to complete the elaborate decor. The King was extremely interested in Islamic culture, and the chapel blends a variety of different styles – from Norman architecture and adornment to Arabic arches, and the Byzantine dome and mosaics. Mosaics showing scenes from the Acts of the Apostles are finely executed and attributed to Byzantine artists. But the chapel’s most renowned feature is its wonderful wooden ceiling, which boasts clusters of eight-pointed stars – often seen in Islamic design – arranged in the form of a Christian cross


View of Interior from: Wikipedia

Circle

Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10

Tapestry Brickwork

Image from: Chicago
A Google search for 'brickwork' generated this picture, but the restoration is spoilt by careless pointing and wet mortar. The web-site included the following plaque
Image from: Chicago
Bricks are a different size in America and the original was framed by specials, but the following panel is similar
Brickwork designed by Anne Nov '10
This panel is framed by headers and two-third bricks. The central pattern would have to be drawn full-scale to provide a template for the cuts

For added emphasis, the framing bricks could be over-sailed by 20mm. However, this might make it difficult to fix the string-lines for the diagonals

Mandala

Image drawn by Anne
This is quite complicated and a full-scale drawing needs to be done first. The bricks are laid out dry
on this board. The mortar joints are shown as 10mm gaps and the cuts are then calculated

It has been built by Chris

Quilt Patterns

Log-Cabin is a Traditional Quilting Design


Since this consists of vertical and horizintal blocks
of colour, it can easily be converted into brickwork


Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10
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Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10




Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10
A more contemporary Quilt design is shown below


This can also be converted to brickwork


Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10
When looking for ideas, think about the following:

• Try and find stuff that is already in squares, or pixels

• Patterns that are grouped into threes are good,
   since that will give whole bricks

• Try to avoid angles, as this means cutting each brick,
   which can take a very long time...


Although this looks fabulous, it is not suitable for brickwork, because every piece is an angled-cut

However, taking the central spiral motif, a simple pattern can be created, using full-bricks


Brickwork designed by Anne Dec '10

Stretcher Bond


The following text and patterns were taken from this book

Published by Tarquin Publications in 2004
Patterns in Stretcher Bond

Variety can be added to this ubiquitous and economical bond by the use of different colours and textures

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Brickwork Pattern 01 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 02 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 03 drawn by Anne Dec '10














Flemish Bond


The following text and patterns were taken from this book

Published by Tarquin Publications in 2004
Patterns in Flemish Bond

Flemish Bond shows equal numbers of headers and stretchers and can be developed into a range of patterns

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Brickwork Pattern 20 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 21 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 22 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 23 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 24 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 25 drawn by Anne Dec '10

English Cross Bond


The following text and patterns were taken from this book

Published by Tarquin Publications in 2004
Patterns in English Cross Bond
The characteristic of this bond of moving alternate courses of stretchers over by half a brick permits
the design of many interesting patterns
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Brickwork Pattern 31 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 32 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 33 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 34 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 35 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 36 drawn by Anne Dec '10


Brickwork Pattern 37 drawn by Anne Dec '10



Brickwork Pattern 38 drawn by Anne Dec 10
This is similar to the Monk Bond panel built by Reese

In both of these brickwork bonds, the perp joints
are staggered by 1/4 brick, so diagonal patterns can easily be created
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