Vicky Geometric

[trev]

How strange! Photography is one of my hobbies and i have been in numourous photography magazines and won countless competitions. Maybe there all wrong? :lol:

Point taken mate, i will pay more attention when photographing my work

im not slagging your work mate
but as a photographer your sh!te

 

[Alberta Stone]

There must be some kind of formula for calculating the match for insert to border.
I was looking at the sites I posted and their borders went around with no mismatched pieces and the inserts were all symmetrical as well.
I am not criticizing the work at all and think you are doing alright trev.
I am just curious as to how one would go about figuring this out.
The guys who specialize in this must have some handy system to make figuring this a snap.
Any ideas?

 

[pjtiler]

How strange! Photography is one of my hobbies and i have been in numourous photography magazines and won countless competitions. Maybe there all wrong? :lol:

Point taken mate, i will pay more attention when photographing my work

from reading the other comments
theres nout wrong with my eyes or your photography
you've just c0cked up your setting out
simple as
your client might well except it i certainly would,nt

 

[Spud]

There must be some kind of formula for calculating the match for insert to border.
I was looking at the sites I posted and their borders went around with no mismatched pieces and the inserts were all symmetrical as well.
I am not criticizing the work at all and think you are doing alright trev.
I am just curious as to how one would go about figuring this out.
The guys who specialize in this must have some handy system to make figuring this a snap.
Any ideas?

4 1/4 inch diagonal fits into a 6 inch square
3inch tile on the diagonal fits into a 4"inch square
,2 1/8"diagonal fits into a 3 inch square,
1 1/2 inch diagonal fits into a 2 1/8 inch square ,
1 1/2 inch diagonal fits into a 2 1/8 inch square ,
inch daigonal fits into 1 1/2 inch square sorry about the imperial sizes the book i took it from is 50 years old here is a quote " floor tiles are made in these sizes to facilitate their arrangement into geometric pattern when they are required to form tessellated paving such as the one illustrated in fig 36

 

[Grace'sDad]

I'm really enjoying the total lack of subtlety with the criticisms on this thread guys! (PMSL:lol (And Gaz's heroic moderating!)

 

[Alberta Stone]

We still use Imperial measurements out here in the colonies.
Metric is slowly dominating.

 

[pjtiler]

4 1/4 inch diagonal fits into a 6 inch square
3inch tile on the diagonal fits into a 4"inch square
,2 1/8"diagonal fits into a 3 inch square,
1 1/2 inch diagonal fits into a 2 1/8 inch square ,
1 1/2 inch diagonal fits into a 2 1/8 inch square ,
inch daigonal fits into 1 1/2 inch square sorry about the imperial sizes the book i took it from is 50 years old here is a quote " floor tiles are made in these sizes to facilitate their arrangement into geometric pattern when they are required to form tessellated paving such as the one illustrated in fig 36

your just about spot on there mate
as i remember from my tech days geometric designs work out into even number modules 4" 6" 12" as long as all the angles fit into the chosen module then your ok

 

[trev]

from reading the other comments
theres nout wrong with my eyes or your photography
you've just c0cked up your setting out
simple as
your client might well except it i certainly would,nt

Look pj, i'm not gonna get into this with as you obviously know diddly about victorian. My client wanted this design and thats what he got. There are ways round getting over problems in this game and as i said before its down to whoever is doing the job (not you) and how 'I' think it works best. I can open the joint or joints to gain or lose and if that dosen't look or work out right i then overlap.

I've met people like on site and in pubs who can all talk a good game but when it comes down to it your all sh1te. You obviously take your pleasure from knocking peoples work and insulting them to make yourself feel more important than you actually are. There are guys on here that haven't been 'tiling 45years', instead of pointing out faults how about giving positive feedback?? thats what i thought this site was all about, we could all sit back and rip the **** out of peoples work but that won't make us better tilers or nice people.

 

[Grace'sDad]

Trev, PJ is as subtle as a

...but I don't think he means to be offensive! :lol::lol::lol:

 

[pjtiler]

Trev, PJ is as subtle as a

...but I don't think he means to be offensive! :lol::lol::lol:

im too bloody old to play the nice guy game
if its wrong its wrong
if you dont tell these lads thay,ll never learn
as you well know

 

[DHTiling]

thats what i thought this site was all about,

Trev it is...apart from the odd exception to the rule......

Don't let the odd negative remark get you down mate....they are only opinions and i don't think they mean any harm...i look forward to more photo's and threads from your goodself...

 

[The D]

Look pj, i'm not gonna get into this with as you obviously know diddly about victorian. My client wanted this design and thats what he got. There are ways round getting over problems in this game and as i said before its down to whoever is doing the job (not you) and how 'I' think it works best. I can open the joint or joints to gain or lose and if that dosen't look or work out right i then overlap.

I've met people like on site and in pubs who can all talk a good game but when it comes down to it your all sh1te. You obviously take your pleasure from knocking peoples work and insulting them to make yourself feel more important than you actually are. There are guys on here that haven't been 'tiling 45years', instead of pointing out faults how about giving positive feedback?? thats what i thought this site was all about, we could all sit back and rip the **** out of peoples work but that won't make us better tilers or nice people.

You are obviously used to having smoke blown up your ar*e but that will do you no good if the job is wrong. I think this is a big problem these days people do not like criticism even when it is spot on true. When I was learning the job I new if I had don a good job as I did not receive a boll**king. The criticism that you have received tells me there is room for improvement. If you are smart you will listen to your peers and then you will become a better tiler.

If it is positive feedback you are after then I can say with my hand on my hart that it is a nice colour.

 

[trev]

You are obviously used to having smoke blown up your ar*e but that will do you no good if the job is wrong. I think this is a big problem these days people do not like criticism even when it is spot on true. When I was learning the job I new if I had don a good job as I did not receive a boll**king. The criticism that you have received tells me there is room for improvement. If you are smart you will listen to your peers and then you will become a better tiler.

If it is positive feedback you are after then I can say with my hand on my hart that it is a nice colour.

Glad you like the colour. But my work is not 'wrong' if i have a linear length of a certain distance and try to fit a tile of a certain length into that space and it don't work out then my only option is to overlay it to keep the flow going. everything on that path meets in its own centre. what i will concede is that i could of made the two overlaps left and right match eachother. it's open to artistic licencse and i decided to keep everything centre on its own line so it is not 'wrong' just not to your (or anyone else's liking by the sound of it) taste and that my friend is human nature not me being a bad tiler.

 

[The D]

Glad you like the colour. But my work is not 'wrong' if i have a linear length of a certain distance and try to fit a tile of a certain length into that space and it don't work out then my only option is to overlay it to keep the flow going. everything on that path meets in its own centre. what i will concede is that i could of made the two overlaps left and right match eachother. it's open to artistic licencse and i decided to keep everything centre on its own line so it is not 'wrong' just not to your (or anyone else's liking by the sound of it) taste and that my friend is human nature not me being a bad tiler.

I never said you were a bad tiler just on the setting out there is room for improvement.

 

[pjtiler]

I never said you were a bad tiler just on the setting out there is room for improvement.

there !!!!! smart arse
you can do a geometric job un geometrically