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Coral bands curve from tile to tile across a sky-blue field, turning at random to make loops and long meanders; one tile turns mustard.
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Turning Corners

No. 3 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeCoral bands curve from tile to tile across a sky-blue field, turning at random to make loops and long meanders; one tile turns mustard.

What it meansEach tile carries two quarter-circle arcs and can sit two ways. The French priest Sebastien Truchet studied such tiles in 1704; turned at random they still join into one continuous line.

Where it worksLively without being loud, it suits a hallway, a kitchen or a child's room.

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2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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Large tiles, each with one big quarter circle in a pair of sorbet colours, turned every which way; one tile holds a full circle instead.Quarter TurnsNo. 4
Cobalt tiles on cream, each holding the moon in a different phase, from a thin new crescent through to the last; where the full moon should be there is a mustard eight-point star.Moon PhasesNo. 5
A few large tiles, each holding nested eight-point stars in a different set of colours; one tile sits slightly askew.Eight FoldNo. 6
Round-headed arches in coral, pink, teal, mustard and cobalt stand tile by tile like a colonnade, each with a small star at its crown; one arch is pointed.ArcadeNo. 7
Big tiles of teal and cobalt, each holding concentric rings of coral, pink, mustard and cream in a different order; one set of rings has slipped off centre.BullseyeNo. 8
A small block of large tiles on a pink field, each a different bold motif in cobalt, coral, mustard, sky and cream; one tile has come slightly loose.Four SquareNo. 9
Striped tiles in mustard and teal on cream, turned crosswise in turn so the grid reads like woven cane; one tile runs on the diagonal in coral.BasketNo. 10
Bands of cobalt, sky, cream, pink, coral, mustard, sage and teal zigzag across the whole surface, made from half-square triangles; one triangle points the wrong way.ZigzagNo. 11

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