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 piece was commissioned by Skyline Art Services, Houston, TX for Fort Belvoire army hospital, outside of Washington, DC.
The piece measures 53″ w x 80″ h and is glazed in adobe, honey, persimmon, blue, jade and turquoise
Tree of Life
Thanks to Barbara Markoff for this installation shot. Barbara is an art consultant with Artrageous! out of San Diego. The 8 tiles were installed on a 72″ recessed circular area in a wall off the elevator at Methodist Hospital of Southern CA, Arcadia, CA
Barbara’s quote: “Thanks again for the beautifully executed tiles.”
Wave, installed
Wave, 12" tiles
We’re working on a new piece, a Tree of Life for a hospital installation. Here are the tiles, partially carved.
Carving a tile
Click on the image below to view a short video on our process:
carving a tile video
http://youtu.be/2p6c3KmN1MA
This beautiful Tree of Life was commissioned by Spellman Brady & Co., St. Louis, MO for the SSM Health Care facility in St. Charles, MO
Tree of Life, installed
This piece measures 36″ wide x 48″ high and is comprised of jade, turquoise and blue glazes.
It was commissioned by Spellman Brady & Co, St. Louis MO.
This piece was commissioned by Corporate Artworks, Arlington Heights, IL, for installation at the new Fountaindale Public Library in Boilingbrook, Illinois. The tiles are 14″ square.
Here’s what Corporate Artworks has to say:
“Fountaindale Public Library — Art Program — A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!! Thanks to all you amazing artists who created beautiful works of art!! I so appreciate working with such incredible talent as well as your high level of professionalism! THANK YOU for making my job that much more inspiring and fun. And thank you for the gift of beautiful art to a community who is more than thrilled to have such diverse creativity in their new library!
Fountaindale Public Library installation
Tree of Life, Fountaindale Public Library installation
A restaurant owner in Texas recently commissioned our Tree of Life wall tile mural for their new pizza restaurant. We worked with them on finding the right size mural and the colors that would work best against the wall color they chose. We think it looks great!
Tree of Life, commercial installation
Tree of Life
Live Oak, ceramic wall tiles
In our November 23 blog post we showed an image of this piece in the works. It’s now completed and being installed. Stay tuned for an installation shot.
This piece was commissioned by an architect in Texas for a restaurant in Plano, TX. The client loved the vibrant colors. It will certainly make a big splash!
Tree of Life, abstract, ceramic wall tiles
This 32-tile mural, named “Natalie’s Ceramic Quilt” by the client, will be installed in the Sourtheast Missouri Cancer Center in January.
The art program for the center will play an integral role in the patient experience.The artwork in the center will be “patient journey focused and will allow nature elements to be shared from the outside in and inside out,” according to the art committee in charge of selecting the artwork.
We are pleased that Natalie’s work will be included in the Center’s art program.
Click on the image to enlarge it.
Natalie's Ceramic Quilt
This piece will be installed at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. We love the glaze colors.
Abstract Botanical, 14" tiles
An art buyer we’ve worked with in the past recently contacted us. She saw our Live Oak wall mural, consisting of 9, 12″ tiles and thought a larger version would work well for an art installation she was working on. She Photoshopped the image of our Live Oak piece, enlarging it and putting it into an image of the room where it would hang. We all thought it would be great!
Here’s a picture of her piece, carved, drying and awaiting the bisque kiln:
Live Oak, carved, awaiting bisque
Here’s the Photoshopped image. This gives a good idea of how a piece will work in a space.
live oak, Photoshopped
This Tree of Life, ceramic wall tile mural, will be installed in a hospital lobby. The piece measures 46″ x 46″. Our trademark wooden backings will be put on the tiles and security hardware will be attached to these backings.
The glazes used in this piece are: adobe, blue, turquoise, jade, persimmon and honey.
Click here to see more of our Tree of Life designs.
Tree of Life
We recently completed this Tree of Life piece for the Radiology Oncology facility at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT.
The request for proposals (RFP) stated that patients in the radiology department who are undergoing radiation treatments to eliminate cancer tumors or to alleviate pain caused by the tumors will be virtually underground all day. The light-well in the waiting area is their only connection with nature. The RFP goes on to state that the design concept for the project is the idea of being under a canopy of trees. In the corridors outside the vaults, the skylights are large enough so that one can look up and see the branches of trees in the planters that run along the skylight on the roof.
Our piece was chosen from a pool of applicants for this installation because it addressed the thematic considerations of the request for proposals. Specifically, the selection committee was looking for art that:
Click here to see the work as it was being made.
Tree of Life, ceramic wall tile mural
Just got a few more photos of the mural for 1706 Rittenhouse Square Street installation (see blogpost dated 27 April 2010). This mural is installed in a parking garage at the condominium complex in Philadelphia, PA
Click to enlarge:
ceramic tile mural
tile mural
On Monday Natalie and her fiance, Nick, installed two Tree of Life murals in the Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT. The installation was “a piece of cake” according to Nick. All the workmen in the area (who were still slinging mud and tape, finishing the renovation) oohed and aahed over the tiles. The end result is stunning. Note the beautiful background color “Topeka Taupe” by Benjaman Moore.
Here, Nick is attaching our unique hanging system to the wall:
Installing wall tile
The wooden discs attach to the wall. Then the tiles, which have wooden backings on them with a circle cut-out, fit snugly and securely on the wooden discs:
installing ceramic wall tile
measuring layout distances
Here’s 1/2 of the finished piece. The other 10-tile Tree mural is on the other side of the elevator:
Tree of Life, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
Natalie Blake studios creating commercial wall tile mural
This spring Natalie Blake Studios responded to a request for proposals from Burlington City Arts in Burlington, VT, for artwork for the main interior feature wall in the new Radiation Oncology Department of the Fletcher Allen hospital.
In April we were notified that our proposal was selected. We will be installing 2, 7-tile murals depicting tree canopies.
Here is a picture of the forms over which the clay tiles were laid before carving. These forms provide the undulation of the tiles. You can imagine a tree with its branches flowing from left to right:
creating ceramic tiles
Here is a section of one of the carved murals, before it has been bisque fired:
Carved Tree of Life wall tile piece
And here is a closeup of one of the carved ceramic wall tiles:
closeup of carved, ceramic wall tile
These handmade, sgraffito-carved, wall tiles were installed at the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility, Brown Deer, Wisconsin, 2009
The fact that our tiles are handmade really impressed this client.
Barcelona, 14″ x 14″ sgraffito-carved tiles, installed at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, MI 2009
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