01
The brief
The client wanted a feature planter that drew the eye without competing with the existing brick of the home. Two tiers, stepped courses, mortar matched to the existing pointing.
A two-tier curved planter, every brick cut to fit and set by eye. No string lines, no set-out templates. The kind of detail that earns its place after twenty years on the trowel.
02
How it was built
Every brick was cut to fit the radius, no two cuts the same. Each course set by eye and checked with a level, course by course. The inside curve was the hardest part. Tighter radius means more cuts and less margin.
03
The detail
The stepped courses needed to fall away to a clean line at each end. The pointing was raked to match the existing 1950s brickwork on the adjacent wall.
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