Boarded Up

Posted on Fri, 11 April, 2014 by LensScaper

I spotted this boarded up window in a back alley in Zermatt. What a fantastic pattern.

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Hi - I'm a UK-based photographer who started out 45+ years ago as a lover of landscapes, inspired by my love of outdoor pursuits: skiing, walking and climbing. Now retired, I seldom leave home without a camera and I find images in unexpected places and from different genres. I work on the premise that Photography is Art and that creativity is dependent on the cultivation of 'A Seeing Eye'.
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13 Responses to Boarded Up

  2. oneowner says:
    Fri, 11 April, 2014 at 17:59

    If you look at it long enough you can see the repeat in the dot pattern. Nice!

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  3. vastlycurious.com says:
    Fri, 11 April, 2014 at 23:53

    It looks like a work of art!

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  4. Tim Brindley says:
    Sat, 12 April, 2014 at 09:41

    It’s an attractive pattern, which looks something like a contour map, and it exposes both the life history of the tree and the technology used to process it. I’m not an expert, but I’m pretty sure we’re looking at a constructional plywood made from rotary-cut veneer, where a log is rolled against a wide blade which peels off a continuous thin veneer until there’s no log left. The pattern repeat is very short, suggesting this section came from near the centre of the log, and using a ruler you can see how the pattern repeat gets shorter from left to right, as each rotary cut has reduced the circumference of the log.

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    • LensScaper says:
      Sun, 13 April, 2014 at 10:32

      Mandy comments for your comment, Tim. I’m sure this is plywood, and your explanation of the ‘repeat’ is something I’ve not heard of before, but certainly makes sense.

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  5. Len says:
    Mon, 14 April, 2014 at 11:11

    Great find Andy. Those are super patterns.

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