We’re created four more tile murals for the residence in Hawaii that we blogged about in December.

These four murals will adorn the walls outside of guest rooms on the property.  The mural designs reflect the flora of the area and are glazed in adobe, turquoise, persimmon and jade.

Handmade, ceramic wall tiles

Handmade, ceramic wall tiles, glazed in jade

Handmade, ceramic wall tiles

Handmade, ceramic wall tiles, glazed in turquoise

Natalie’s recent mural is now hanging on a rock wall at a residence in Hawaii. Natalie and Nick flew down to install the piece and to take a much-needed vacation.

Ceramic Wall Tiles installed in Hawaii

This piece was commissioned for a hospital lobby. The piece measures 36″ wide by 24″ high.  It is glazed in Robin’s Egg, Jade, and Honey, with a touch of Adobe on the center of the flower.

We think it would also make a beautiful backsplash!

Botanical abstract, 12" tiles

This Tree of Life, is beautifully mounted on a painted wall. We love the look of the darker paint behind the mural.

Tree of Life

One of our clients recently commissioned this piece to give his wife for Christmas. Natalie calls it Sunset.

Sunset, ceramic wall art tile

This mural, measuring 84″ w x 56″ h, was commissioned by a homeowner in Hawaii. Natalie will be installing this piece next week.  You can see that Natalie’s design reflects the flora and landscape of the Big Island.

Mural for installation in Hawaii

We were contacted in September by an interior designer in Hawaii who was interested in commissioning tile murals for the exterior of a client’s guest suites.

We sketched the designs and chose colors for each of the four guest suites (see below)

handmade, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

Here are three of the four murals, carved and drying before bisque-firing.

Here is one of the finished murals, glazed in fern:

Mural glazed in fern

handmade, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

This glaze is amethyst.

handmade, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

This glaze is yellow

The interior designer then commissioned name plaques to designate each guest suite.

Here’s the result:

Handmade, ceramic, name plaques by Natalie Blake Studios

Here are some installation shots of the murals:

ceramic wall art tile

custom ceramic wall art tile glazed in amethyst

custom ceramic wall art tile glazed in blue

custom ceramic wall art tile glazed in fern

Here’s a new piece  we made for a client in Washington, DC.  The piece is 36″ w x 60″ h and is grouted in place in her shower.  It is glazed in Robin’s Egg, Jade and Honey.

Here’s what the happy client had to say: “I can’t thank you enough for your help in making my bathroom one-of-a-kind!”

Shower tiles by Natalie Blake Studios

Custom, handmade tiles in rich, multi-color combinations

Our latest work….each of these 12″ tiles was sprayed with two colors.  The top-left tile was sprayed with jade and honey, as the closeup below shows.

Click on each image to enlarge.

abstract in multi-color

Single tile in jade and honey

Quote from a happy client: “What a splendid idea, and what a splendid job of execution!”

This commission started at the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, IL in August 2010. My client owns a company that houses one of the world’s 15 or so electron microscopes, as well as a whole school dedicated to electron microscopy, spectroscopy and other fascinating worlds of science!  The CEO, his wife, and I, all worked on an installation based on the company’s logo.  For material to work from, I was given special permission to  peruse a database of images that were truly a stupifying journey into the micro world that is the foundation of our lives.

This winter was a profound time for me. My beloved friend and father died suddenly while cross country skiing the woods of New Hampshire with friends at age 72. I cancelled all shows and worked in my new studio space created in 2009 in the historic Grange building in my town, two doors over from my home.

We just got word from the client that “individually the tiles capture attention, and arranged the way they are is outstanding.  They are perfectly located where they are, especially with the indirect lighting…I’m thinking that they will be especially gorgeous in the late evening, after dark, when illuminated only with indirect lighting.”

Disc tiles by Natalie Blake Studios

Look for more images of these discs under the Abstract tab of our Tile Catalogue section of the website!