Reese

Brickwork designed by Anne Oct '10

Shaded bricks indicates cuts
The finish on the top of the wall was designed by Reece

Photo taken 8th Nov '10

Reece is building a decorative panel from Monk Bond
which is a variation of Flemish

Photo taken 15th Nov '10

Like Flemish, Monk Bond is 1-brick wide. It is one header, then two stretchers. Blocks are used for the back of the panel and these are tied into the brick pillars

Photo taken 17th Nov '10

There are some cut bricks at the ends to make it fit into the panel. These are Queen Closers and three-quarter bricks

Photo taken 29th Nov '10

On my brick and block panel, I started off with 2 courses of yellow bricks, 2 skin-thick and a 3rd course with yellow and red bricks

After the first 3 courses, I started the blockwork on the back, whilst building up the pillars on each side

After I built the block and brick pillars up to the height of the first pattern, I built the start of the panel and carried on until I reached the top of the pattern

To finish the top of my panel, I started with a course of headers in yellow and one course of yellow stretchers. I also added a course of red stretchers. To finish off the top I put a course of yellow headers and brick-on edge.

The part I found the easiest was the panel work because it was mainly laying to a line, which I find easy. The only part I found a little difficult was making sure the pillars were straight, plumb and to gauge

Reese Perks
20. 12. 10

Photo taken 15th Dec '10