Concertina-Fretwork-Wallpaper!?

[conzertino]

I love the intricate fretwork of my concertinas. I was wondering whether it would be possible to create an indefinite wallpaper with concertina-fetwork - obviously without key-holes?

 

There must be programs that can repeat certain patterns!?

 

It would require connecting points both on top & bottom and right & left for the base-pattern, which could be replicated for a wall-paper!?

 

Anybody has done it before?

[JimLucas]

I love the intricate fretwork of my concertinas. I was wondering whether it would be possible to create an indefinite wallpaper with concertina-fetwork - obviously without key-holes?

Why without key-holes/button-holes? Well, I guess you want fretwork-patterned wallpaper, not concertina-patterned. Note that by "removing" the button array, you leave yourself the task of filling in that area with additional artistically consistent "fretwork", in a pattern that is -- at least in the fancier examples -- lacking in exact symmetry.

 

There must be programs that can repeat certain patterns!?

There certainly are. But are you talking about creating a background "wallpaper" for your computer screen/desktop, or actual wallpaper for the walls of a room in a house? I'm sure that companies which produce "real" wallpaper have programs to "tessellate" with just about any pattern you can give them.

 

It would require connecting points both on top & bottom and right & left for the base-pattern, which could be replicated for a wall-paper!?

If you were to use images of concertinas themselves instead of trying to abstract one of the many fretwork patterns, the task should be almost "trivial". A single hexagonal pattern can be used to completely tile a plane. (Aren't there already some concertina-related web sites which do that with stylized images of a concertina end?) Tiling with 8- or 12-sided ends leaves small but regular "holes" which could be left alone or filled with some complementary design.

 

On the other hand, if you use a design of pure "fretwork", the continuity you require will almost certainly force you to create a significant portion of the design yourself. It might be easiest to create your own "fretwork" pattern from scratch, while trying to copy the style of one of the old instruments.

 

Anybody has done it before?

I'm not aware of even a computer "wallpaper" that has been done purely with a "fretwork" pattern. I wonder if there is any real paper for walls -- I presume from an earlier period -- that has a similar motif. I've seen some pretty fancy ones, though none yet that quite fit the "fretwork" description. All those I've seen have obvious lines of symmetry.

[Jake Middleton-Metcalfe]

this is kind of an aside but you might like some of the wallpapers designed by William morris:

 

https://www.william-morris.co.uk/shop/wallpaper/

 

he was active as a designer/artist/political idealist pretty much during the heyday of concertina making and his designs are quite reflective of the tastes of that era. Have a scroll through on that website, I am pretty sure his designs would even make a good piece of inspiration to design a concertina end from.

[Stephen Chambers]

I love the intricate fretwork of my concertinas. I was wondering whether it would be possible to create an indefinite wallpaper with concertina-fetwork - obviously without key-holes?

 

The kind of concertina fretwork you're meaning, Robert, is traditionally based on an acanthus leaf design - and wallpapers based on that are available - maybe one of these might be suitable: https://www.google.ie/search?q=acanthus+leaf+wallpaper&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixo9nT6MHOAhXCRI8KHYo1B8YQ_AUICCgB&biw=1429&bih=781&dpr=0.9