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straight or curved lines. The infinite variations of
texture. density, three-dimensional relationships.-so-lid
masses and spatial. pointilliste contrasts, are contrived
with brilliant craftsmanship and infinite elegance.
Variations are achieved by diverse means; in the first
place the nail-heads are different sizes and colours;
some are galvanised steel. others copper, or zinc,
and when in position groups are polished and lacquered.
1 Then the nails are hammered in at different heights and
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18x24in. distances; one section of the panel could be a seemingly
Leicestershire Education Committee solid mass of closely placed heads, to give a powerful,
2 intense, flat plane. Others. with the nails at regular
Icon 1964 intervals. have a more open. airy feeling of space. In
15 X 18 in.
these groupings the nails may vary in height so that an
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96 X 102 in. Then again, as in mosaic, the placing of the heads at
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differing angles creates additional relationships of light
4 and reflection, depending on the angle of view. The
Ceiling
51 x 42 ems. nails themselves at times make an odd, even eerie,
Roof Restaurant scaly effect, or convey the strength of chain-mail. It
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