Day Thirty One

I did what I could using the whites that remain. I had put aside smaller cuts because I knew that working into the central motif area would be "puzzling". I decided to use the iridescent whites - my rarest tiles - in fanning out lines from the center, and in bits along certain of the black lines to not only echo and accent them, but also to create subtle lines leading the eye unawares up through the whole design and out into the arch and beyond in rays.
My replenishments should arrive soon. I have been just sitting and contemplating the options for the wedge above the rectangle. Right now I am thinking three things will happen: 1. I will use the adobe tiles to emphasize a tall rectangular shape to echo the doorway; 2. I will insert a design motif in the upper right corner, perhaps a sudoku-inspired square as a sort of signature; and 3. I will run a black line along the top of the gray and white band to set it off. Apropos the black line, I may also make an edge along the central vertical door echo.

The hand tool tile breakers finally arrived -  a little late, but they may come in handy when I work in the new white tiles in the central motifs. I had the idea to cut big fitted pieces (stained glass style)  rather than take the small bit puzzle piece approach (opus incertum). In the photos, which I took at side angles to show the dimensions and variations in the tile placements, the newly completed white fill and the as-yet-unfinished areas are seen clearly. The light shines a lot off the iridescent whites.