BR wall tiles.

[Finbladerunner]

[Mr Webber]

Saberfreak wrote:

[andy]

The Tiles sold by the gift shop came in several sizes. 12", 14" and 16" I believe. The 15" ones I have never heard about before. Maybe the 14" with seems on all sides included, or 16" without the seems.

From my understanding FLW used, and even formulated building standards. Mainly because he along with his son invented concrete blocks and standard building materials on his Usonian houses. Of course I could be remembering it all wrong. It has been over twenty years since my architecture classes and reading all the books on FLW.

Andy

[Mr Webber]

Your right Andy, GW`s tiles are in fact 16 x 16, now i know why that land
surveying job didnt work out.
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[joberg]

Here is a tile I made 8 years ago out of foamcore and cardboard (12"X12"). It took me about 3 hours to make (not painted or aged). I used half-rounds instead of the bevelled look for the small square.


BTW there are 3 types of tiles in the Ennis house:
1. a "left-hand" tile, i.e., the small square at the bottom left
2. a "right-hand" tile, i.e., small square at bottom right
3. a flat tile

As you have noticed, the set decorator for BR only used the left-hand and flat tiles. While I can see why a stencil/wallpaper would be an inexpensive way to make the tiles, one major drawback is the loss of the play of shadow and light against the different layers/levels of the tiles - as intended by FLW.
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[jfuste]

[Gaff87]

Joberg. That looks amazing! Very well done.

[Mr Webber]

Very nice.
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[joberg]

Thanks, but next time it'll be better.

[Mr Webber]

"Thats the spirit"............
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[repdetect]

How about this one guys ?...

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200274280873&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.fr%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38.l1313%26_nkw%3D200274280873%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1
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[Gaff87]

Very nice find!

[joberg]

FYI: inventor of the first modern concrete is an Englishman by the name of John Sweaton (1756).
In 1824, Joseph Aspdin, another Englishman, invented Portland cement used today in modern construction.
Reinforced concrete was invented by the Frenchman Joseph Monier in 1849.

FLW called Ennis his first ''textile house'' for the concrete blocks were weaved by steel rods to hold them in place.

[joberg]

If people are interested to fork $175.00 + $24.00 in shipping you can always check: www.maclinstudio.com , they're making a 16''x16'' tile, that to my knowledge, is the most accurate.
U.S. shipping only...

[Eagle]

http://www.maclinstudio.com/frllwrenhoca1.html

A tad pricey. But nicey, I guess.
 

[Art Deckard]

Pricey indeed

As for accuracy, it seems these people have the rights to produce replicas and they look just like the EBH souvenirs. Although these tiles look angular, sharp and pristine, they were made from the original specs. They just haven't been subjected to decades of weathering or vac formed like the BR ones.

[Art Deckard]

[andy]

[Mr Webber]

Heres the before and some afters of GW`s tile after it was painted and aged in different light. In the end i just rubbed fireplace dust around the tile. Just need about another 300 more





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[joberg]

Good job offworld66. I'm still looking at ways to produce this tile in a more cheaper/easy manner. If everything goes well, I'll have news for everybody in the middle of this month; stay tuned!