Blogs about: Zelij
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Quick drawing
Copied out of Jean Marie Castera’s ‘Arabesques’: Could do it better if I was using a ruler and not half watching the Apprentice. The point is – if you are at all interested in … more →
Zelij - a Morrocan artform
Quick drawing
oliolioli wrote 8 months ago: Copied out of Jean Marie Castera’s ‘Arabesques’: Could do it better if I was using … more →
A Zelij Applet
oliolioli wrote 8 months ago: A fellow has created an applet to generate zelij patterns automatically: http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca … more →
Progression of centre star complexity
oliolioli wrote 11 months ago: Came across some more photos I took in Marrakesh & Fez. Column with repeating 8-point star Am es … more →
Making the tiles
oliolioli wrote 12 months ago: Youtube footage of a tile worker laying a tile flooring. It has a happy ending. … more →
The 17 types of plane symmetry
oliolioli wrote 12 months ago: There are 17 types of symmetry which can used to cover a 2 dimensional surface. Here are some websit … more →
Zelij Extrapolated
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oliolioli wrote 12 months ago: On the train journey from Marrakesh to Fez, I played around with one particular pattern, adding a la … more →
Drawings made of Zelij tilework
oliolioli wrote 12 months ago: A simple interlocking open cross. A slightly more complicated version. Features the 8 point star i … more →
Zillij tile: Moroccan tile elegance and timeless beauty
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calvdavid wrote 1 year ago: Zillij (tile) is an important element of decoration. The word tile is derived from the French word t … more →
