Terracotta Bricks: Fired Color and Texture

A handmade terracotta tile floor. The tiles are 30 cm square, with colors ranging from orange-red, reddish-brown to grayish pink, showing significant color variation on the same floor; the surface has unevenness from hand-pressing and firing spots, and the edges are not perfectly straight. The grout lines are wider, filled with a darker, earthy-toned mortar. The surface, after prolonged use, has developed a warm, low sheen. Avoid: using machine-made tiles with uniform color, using glazed and polished tiles, making the grout lines extremely thin, using printed tiles that imitate terracotta patterns.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片手工赤陶磚的地面。磚是三十公分見方,顏色從橘紅、赭褐到偏灰的粉紅都有,同一片地上色差明顯;表面有手工壓製的不平整與燒製的斑點,邊緣不完全筆直。磚縫較寬,填的是深一階的土色砂漿。使用久了的表面被磨出溫潤的低光澤。避免:使用顏色均勻的機製磁磚、使用釉面與拋光的磚、把磚縫做得極細、使用印刷仿陶紋的磁磚。