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Making Ceramic Wall Art: Videos

An art consultant recently commissioned a set of discs for a wall in a hospital waiting area.  We thought we’d film our process. Here are the first 2 videos showing this work.   Here’s a video of part of our process of making ceramic wall art tile in the shape of discs.  Click on the [...]


Our tile featured on Houzz.com

One of our tile murals was recently featured in a Houzz.com “Ideabook”. The blogger profiles our Tree of Life mural as a solution to hanging art in a stairwell. Check out the article by clicking here. For those of you who don’t know about Houzz.com. Here’s how they describe themselves on their website:   About [...]


Vine mural completed

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 [...]


Rich new color combinations

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.  


New shape tiles installed

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 [...]


Nautilus

  We created the Nautilus design for Ann Sacks Tile Co.   If you are interested in this particular design, please contact an Ann Sacks showroom.  We’d be happy to design one for you!


Introducing a new glaze

We’ve formulated a new, vibrant glaze color: Delphinium Blue. We’re very excited about it.   We’ll be using these tiles in our Chabot College installation. Stay tuned for images of these tiles installed in the next several months.  


Beauty in the details

It doesn’t take much to inspire us sometimes. This is what I saw on my way to work today!   The sun was hitting the web like a spotlight.   When you’re surrounded by natural beauty, it often doesn’t take much to inspire you….     I’d love to be inspired by your design ideas. [...]


kudos we just have to share :)

We’ve had two recent testimonials that we just can’t help but share. This quote is from Rod Werner, Director of Planning at Scannapieco Development Corp, in Philadelphia, PA.  We worked closely with him as we created a mural for the 1706 Rittenhouse Square Condominiums in Philadelphia.   “I enjoyed our collaboration, and I was very pleased with [...]


Working on Banyon Tree for Chabot College

Natalie and Cynthia are carving the Bayon Tree panels for the Chabot College public art grant they received.  Don’t know what a Banyon Tree looks like? Here’s an image:   Older banyan trees are characterized by their roots that grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk. Old trees [...]