handmade ceramic wall and backsplash tile
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Handmade, ceramic wall and backsplash tile by Natalie Blake Studios.TRANSCRIPT
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Wake up your walls!Natalie Blake Studioswww.unaluntile.com
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Sensuous and curvilinear, Blake Studio tiles are individually-made, sgraffito-carved, high-fired porcelain wall tiles.
www.unaluntile.com
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Creating the Tiles
Porcelainia-stoneware clay is rolled flat, cut into squares, and draped and smoothed over individual forms
These forms create the undulating quality of our tiles
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Creating the TilesOnce firm, the clay tiles are removed from the molds and a slip of red iron oxide is brushed onto them
The design is then carved, free-hand, onto the tiles
This traditional style of carving is called sgraffitto, an Italian term meaning “to scratch”
The carving removes the top layer, revealing the contrasting layer below
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When laid next to each other, carved tiles form contiguous or abstract designs of any size wall relief.
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The modular format of the tiles can be adapted to suit architectural niches, angles, large or small spaces, and curved walls.
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Our high-fired, porcelain tiles are easily cleaned, durable and are suitable for indoor or outdoor applications,
including…
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Interiors
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Showers
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Outdoor spaces
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Installation
Tile edges are made flat for grouting installations.
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…or can be free-hung using our multidirectional hanging system which adheres to the back of the tile.
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1706 Rittenhouse Square Auto Lobby
Philadelphia, PA
Security fasteners can be affixed to this mounting system for public installations.
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Three designs are exclusive to Ann Sacks Tile Co.:
Nautilus
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Dahlia
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Botanical
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We can customize these designs, or work with you to create a unique piece
Mountainscape, residential commission,
2009
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Tree of Life, residential commission, 2007
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Choose from 28 glazes
Sample color chips represent our color line only--not our designs.
If your client likes a design on a color chip we can create a design around it
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Cleaning Tiles
• Wash with a soft rag or sponge and mild detergent.
• A green 3-M scrub pad can be used gently to remove scuffmarks on most glazes.
• Tiles with matte and porous surfaces should be treated much as one would treat suede; use a clean, non-lint tool such as a toothbrush or lint free cloth to gently lift the dirt out of the glaze pores. Mild soap and water can be used.
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Design ServicesWe can provide Computer
Aided Design (CAD)
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Design Services:We can provide sketches