You may have seen this image floating around the ‘net today. It’s of concrete tiles, cast into tessellating cat shapes. It was easy to graph up into a blackwork fill pattern, so I did so.
Then I decided that before I could post it, I had to find the original source and give credit where credit was due.
The hunt proved a bit more difficult than I expected. The thing has been passed hand to hand since 2022, and many layers of links via Pinterest and other social media sites took a while to munch through. But I found it.
The cat tiles are a product of a Korean firm – designdb, and are part of a recycling initiative named Green Road. They are concrete, but instead of aggregate, the firm uses milled plastic waste. In the case of these tiles, the addition is made largely from the empty, discarded bags that formerly held cat food. You can find the firm’s description of the project here. Call up Google Translate to navigate the Korean. No clue if these are sold internationally, but the initiative itself is worthy of respect.
And now having given the design firm its due, I present a simple blackwork embroidery fill based on their tessellated cat design.
Enjoy!
String-Or-Nothing 
Wonderful! It will be used.
This chart is delightful! Thank you for digging up the source for that photo — what a great way to recycle all that plastic.
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