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Gateways of mercy: arches and mihrab niches set with true girih and zellige star patterns that loosen beyond the frame and drift apart, tile by tile, across a quiet paper ground.

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A pointed arch framed in ten-fold girih tilework in cobalt and sky blue, whose pattern loosens beyond the frame and drifts away in separate tiles, a few of them gold.Gate of MercyNo. 1
A Moorish horseshoe arch in green, white, black and honey zellige stars around a pale window of finer stars; below and to the left the tiles break loose and fall away.Fez GateNo. 2
A lobed mihrab niche set in twelve-fold turquoise and ink tilework, with gilded colonnettes; the pattern breaks away up and to the left.Turquoise MihrabNo. 3
An ogee arch framed in a hexagonal star pattern of emerald and white, its tiles lifting upwards and away from the top of the frame.Emerald NicheNo. 4
A keel-shaped arch in ten-fold girih of ink, slate and white with touches of gold, around a pale inner field; its tiles slip down and to the right.Keel ArchNo. 5
A small round arch in a narrow band of gold eight-pointed stars on deep blue, with only a few tiles straying from its edge.Small GateNo. 6
A circular fragment of ten-fold girih tilework in turquoise and ink, coming apart along one side and drifting across the paper.Rosette DriftNo. 7
A pointed horseshoe arch in twelve-fold stars of green, honey and terracotta, the tiles falling away down and to the left.Nasrid ArchNo. 8
A tall pointed arch of deep blue twelve-fold tilework holding a much paler, finer star pattern inside, like light through a window; the outer tiles rise and scatter.Window of LightNo. 9
A rectangular doorway filled with a pale, finer star pattern, set in a deep frame of green, honey and black khatam stars that come loose and drift off to the right.Square DoorNo. 10
A pointed mihrab niche in twelve-fold stars of ink and grey with gold centres, its tiles loosening and falling below the frame.Ink MihrabNo. 11
A round-headed arch in emerald, mint and white twelve-pointed stars, the pattern unravelling to the right.Twelve StarsNo. 12
A small pointed niche in a dense frame of ink-blue six-pointed stars with a pale, finer pattern inside and a single gold keystone; only a handful of tiles slip from one corner.Quiet NicheNo. 13
A rectangle of ten-fold zellige in terracotta, green and honey with no frame around it, breaking apart at one corner into a diagonal stream of tiles.Loose TilesNo. 14
A horseshoe arch in twelve-fold tilework of cobalt and sky blue, the tiles drifting away to the left.Blue HourNo. 15
A pointed gateway in emerald and white ten-fold girih with gold accents, its lower edge coming loose in a fall of tiles.Emerald GateNo. 16
A keel arch in turquoise and ink eight-pointed stars around a pale inner field of finer stars, the outer tiles drifting up and to the right.Turquoise GateNo. 17
A round panel of twelve-fold tilework in turquoise and ink, centred on a single twelve-pointed star, with a few of its tiles slipping away.One StarNo. 18
A round arch in emerald, mint and white ten-fold girih, the tiles lifting off the top of the frame.ThresholdNo. 19
A lobed arch in ink and slate-blue eight-pointed stars with gold centres, more gold appearing among the tiles as they sweep away to the right.Ink and GoldNo. 20
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