Triangles.
Yesterdays work: Now. The future.
I have approched this whole thing with an organic fluid approach, as I thought formal systems and rules would be imposssible to keep. Some mosaics may well benefit from systematic approaches. Not this one as the lettering distorts on curved surfaces, and freedom needed for making tiles cover curved surfaces, tiles need cutting where the surface changes direction, like paving slabs do on slopes and non flat surfaces. So a crazy paving solution is what I thought would be best.
Now cutting angles to make tiles fit is auto pilot for me after all these years….except triangles…there are plenty of triangle bits of shrapnell all over the floor. NONE of them ever fit the right shape for what you need. So a new triangle is reqiured pracitally every time you need one. Is it that there are three angles to a triangle and guessing all 3 exactly is unlikely. Use right angled triangles then Rob I hear you say. And I agree as only one side then needs cutting…problem solved. Exept that if so many pieces are right angled triangles it is no longer crazy paving. Its jagged, harsh, looking triangles, which stutter over the surface. I am looking for a less agressive organic flow over the surface. The only way I can resolve that is by offering up the tile 2 or 3 seperate times often drawing a line with a pencil to get it right. I have found this painfully slow method, but conciderably quicker than sifting through and testing the debris on the floor, finding none of it fits and then making a new one.
How many triangles do you think there are in crazy paving?
Answer: an eye watering amount.
Have I lost sanity over this issue or is it a real one?
