Notes from the workshop
patterns, process & market days
A field guide to Victorian tile patterns
12 July 2026 · 4 min read
Checkerboards, harlequins, tumbling blocks and sunbursts: how to read the patterns under your feet on any Victorian street.
PatternsThe tumbling blocks illusion: three tiles, one impossible cube
28 June 2026 · 3 min read
Quilters call it tumbling blocks, geometricians call it a rhombille tiling. Either way your eye cannot stop flipping the cubes.
PatternsHow a mosaic tray is made
14 June 2026 · 4 min read
Pattern first, square by square. Then the nippers, the glue, the grout and the polish. The whole journey from grid to kitchen table.
WorkshopHandmade housewarming gifts that actually get used
30 May 2026 · 3 min read
The best housewarming gift is one that gets used every day. A short and honest guide, with a bias towards grout.
GiftsWhy dark grout makes colours sing
16 May 2026 · 3 min read
We are called Grouted for a reason. The case for the dark line, with a nod to the Victorians who worked it out first.
WorkshopA local maker’s guide to Cambridge craft markets
2 May 2026 · 3 min read
Where to find the good stuff, from someone who stands on the other side of the table most weekends.
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