Wednesday 4 October 2023

Bricks

 In a church perimeter wall...



The darker bricks were fired to a higher temperature.

You can see some original mortar, but it also has unfortunately been repointed with cement, which doesn't let the wall breathe or dry naturally.

At least it does have a protective cap.

8 comments:

Fresca said...

I appreciate when humans make a functional thing beautiful by adding a pattern like this. Simple and elegant beauty!

smartcat said...

((o))

Barbara Rogers said...

Ah, the clay knowledgeable person can speak well of these bricks. The colors mixed together is definitely more artistic than just all the same in row upon row.

The Weaver of Grass said...

Your retangle of just bricks has a certain beauty.

northsider said...

I wonder if that church wall was repurposed from old materials like a bridge?

gz said...

Dave I think it was all the leftovers from building the church

Red said...

You know about bricks and how they work. Very little brickwork here in western Canada.

Yorkshire Pudding said...

It looks like a very old wall. I wonder when it was built.