what is the pinwheel design in ceramic tile?

Question

or is it windmill design?

Answer 1

Check the link below -- it shows an example of the pinwheel deisgn. It seems to be 4 thin, long tiles, interlocking around a small square tile. Colors would be your choice.

"For the floor, they are going to do a pinwheel design using a black and white design tile as a rug, and then put white pinwheel designed tile around that (figure A). Black and white is very classic deco."

The "figure A" shows a picture of what it looks like.

Second link shows another version of "pinwheel" design with larger tiles. If you do a google images search on "pinwheel tile", there are MANY other instances shown to copy from!

Good luck!

Answer 2

It is a design that incorporates the use of two different sizes of tile. Generally, this pattern uses one 12 inch tile with 4 six inch tiles. To start the pattern - lay a 12 in tile on you center line or starting point and place one 6 in tile at the top left. Continue the pattern in a clockwise manner so that none of the 6 in tiles have meeting corners.
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