We’ve been reaching out to interior designers and art consultants through LinkedIn.  This morning I came across a fantastic blog: life…dzined by Nancy Gordon.  Nancy spent years in the home design publishing business and has met many talented designers from all over the U.S.  she uses her blog to introduce them to the reader.  Her [...]

Chabot College to display  Natalie Blake Studios Artwork Natalie Blake Studios was recently awarded a public art grant from Chabot College in Hayward, CA.   Using this grant funding, Natalie Blake Studios will produce and install ceramic wall tiles and other artwork for 5 locations on the Chabot College campus.  The studio’s proposal was chosen [...]

I met the couple who owns this piece at the American Craft Exposition in Chicago. They loved these tiles and came back several times to look at them. Finally, on their third visit to the booth, they asked me if I ever did trades.  ”Of course,” I said.  They asked if I would like to [...]

Here’s the Tree of Life in our blue glaze.  

We got a call last week from a designer who wants to order 2, 12-tile Tree of Life murals for a residential installation. She asked for our proposal for these two murals, which would be installed about 10′ from the floor and would be visible from a catwalk that spans two sections of the house. [...]

Just completed this Live Oak for a homeowner who commissioned the piece at the American Craft Exposition in August.  The owner says “I can’t wait to display this beautiful piece in our home for all to see—more importantly– for my wife and I to enjoy as we’re walking up and down our steps each day.” [...]

This is a shower installation done with unalun tile in smooth finishes. The jade, celedon and cream glazes were used here to create a lush environment connoting jungle and sea forms. The result is a verdant and soft environment suitable for a small space. I created 4″x8″ cream colored tiles for the side walls of [...]

Check out a Powerpoint presentation on our handmade, ceramic wall and backsplash tiles.

This winter a homeowner contacted Natalie  and commissioned a tile mural for her new home. The homeowner requested a piece that would include rolling hills, and a mountain with a swirling current river with a full moon. She wanted the light to sparkle on the water and suggested that a bat would be in the [...]

Natalie exhibited at the Armonk Outdoor Art Show this past weekend.  This fine art and fine crafts juried show is sponsored by the Friends of the North Castle Public Library, Inc. Proceeds benefit the North Castle Public Library and its Whippoorwill Hall theater. The Art Show is run by community volunteers. Armonk, part of the Town of North Castle, is located in Westchester County, New York. Here [...]