These ceramic wall discs were commissioned by Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH for an outpatient surgery center north of Boston, MA.

We worked with the art consultant to choose tile sizes and colors, using her direction on design and layout.

Ceramic wall discs

Here’s a closeup of one of the discs:

Ceramic wall disc by Natalie Blake Studios

Click on the image to watch a short video of our process:

Making ceramic wall art by Natalie Blake Studios

Our latest Tree of Life mural was recently installed in a residence in Florida.  Each tile was sprayed with two glazes to add richness to the colors. Thanks to John and Mavis, owners ofAvalon Gallery, Delray Beach, FL, for their assistance with this project!

Tree of Life by Natalie Blake Studio

Tree of Life, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

Tree of Life, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

Flowerscape: kitchen backsplash tiles

Flowerscape Backsplash Tile

We used these tiles in a proposal for artwork for the bulkhead of first-class cabins in a major airline’s airplanes.  But we love them so much we just had to show them as a backsplash!  These tiles are glazed in cashew, jade and honey.

Thanks to Barbara Markoff, corporate art consultant, Artrageous! San Diego, CA for these photos. She commissioned these wall tiles for a waiting area in a hospital.  We worked closed with Barbara to get the right designs and colors for the space.  Each mural is 48″ wide x 24″ high.

Natalie Blake tiles installed in hospital waiting room, Artrageous! San Diego, CA

Here’s our most recent residential installation.  You can read about the design process for this mural here.

Vine tile mural installed

Here’s what the homeowner had to say “I want you to know that I am totally happy with them! I just love the impact they have on the room, and my husband likes them just as much. They add so much texture and color. They have the movement and feeling that I was looking for; I couldn’t be happier.  Thanks again for taking the time to meet with Nancy and me.  You were very helpful as I tried to articulate my preferences.  The end result is absolutely stunning!”  Kathy, homeowner

An art consultant contacted us this winter, asking for help in designing a tile mural for a residential installation. The art consultant sent us images of the client’s living room to give us an idea of style and color.

The client liked the idea of a botanical design.  We sketched the following design and the client loved it:

We proposed a mural of 9, 12″ square tiles to fill the wall leading into the space.  The client worked with her interior designer, taping paper cut-outs on the wall to determine spacing. Here’s what they initially came up with.

"Before" shot

We made a counter proposal which the client really liked.  We glazed the piece in honey, jade, and cashew.  Here’s the finished piece:

Vine, handmade, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios

Here’s the piece installed in the space.

Vine, installed

In 2011 Natalie Blake Studios was awarded a public art grant from Chabot College in Hayward, CA. We’ve posted several articles about our work on this grant. We now have installation shots from Natalie’s recent trip to install some of the work.

Finally installed, the Grandmother tree looks like it has been there for a century. The Grandmother tree’s long flowing lines draw the eye up from the waterfall of blue tiles at the center of Chabot’s faculty building.  The second floor balcony provides another vantage point for this central oasis.

Grandmother Tree, installed at Chabot College

Grandmother Tree, installed at Chabot College

The Chavez Plaza where students gather outside the Student Center now has two new pieces installed: the Chavez Tree and the Mandala. The Chavez Tree was inspired by sliding thumb puzzles (those little plastic square puzzles from the 80′s where you slide the little squares to unscramble the image)  giving the eyes a game to play moving from color to color and section to section. When carving this one section at a time I was immersed in roots then trunks, branches then leaves. Each section had a different quality from the next. The roots are at eye level; the rest tower above in their architectural niche.

Chavez Tree Installed at Chabot College

Installing Natalie Blake Studio tiles at Chabot College

The Mandala resonates on a human scale. The life force expands outwards flickering into different colors. It ties into the quatrefoil architectural motif found around the campus. (Quatrefoil:  an ornamental design of four lobes or leaves as used in architectural tracery, resembling a flower or four-leaf clover).

Mandala being installed at Chabot College

Mandala installed at Chabot College

We just received more images of our tiles installed at the Hawaii residence. We made murals and name plates for guest suites at a residence in Hawaii. See our earlier posts on this project.

These latest murals are glazed in  russet, persimmon, jade and turquoise.  Click here to see closeups of each of these murals.

Natalie Blake Studios handmade, ceramic wall art tile, residential installation

Natalie Blake Studios handmade ceramic wall art tile installed in Hawaii

Natalie Blake Studios handmade, ceramic wall art tile, residential installation

Natalie Blake Studios handmade, ceramic wall art tile, residential installation

We worked closely with this client to design a nautical theme for her home in Florida. She chose the cashew glaze to go with the accent colors in this gorgeous room!

Natalie Blake Studios wall tiles installed

Testimony from our client:

“I had the pleasure of meeting Natalie Blake and viewing her work at the American Craft Convention held in Baltimore, Md., now two years ago.  Her designs and vision were exciting and inspirational, while the quality of her pieces was extraordinay.

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