Handmade Ceramic Wall and Backsplash Tile
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Wake up your walls! Natalie Blake Studios www.unaluntile.com
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Handmade, ceramic wall and backsplash tile by Natalie Blake Studios.
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Wake up your walls!Natalie Blake Studioswww.unaluntile.com
Sensuous and curvilinear, Blake Studio tiles are individually-made, sgraffito-carved, high-fired porcelain wall tiles.
www.unaluntile.com
Creating the Tiles
Porcelainia-stoneware clay is rolled flat, cut into squares, and draped and smoothed over individual forms
These forms create the undulating quality of our tiles
Creating the TilesOnce firm, the clay tiles are removed from the molds and a slip of red iron oxide is brushed onto them
The design is then carved, free-hand, onto the tiles
This traditional style of carving is called sgraffitto, an Italian term meaning “to scratch”
The carving removes the top layer, revealing the contrasting layer below
When laid next to each other, carved tiles form contiguous or abstract designs of any size wall relief.
The modular format of the tiles can be adapted to suit architectural niches, angles, large or small spaces, and curved walls.
Our high-fired, porcelain tiles are easily cleaned, durable and are suitable for indoor or outdoor applications,
including…
Interiors
Showers
Outdoor spaces
Installation
Tile edges are made flat for grouting installations.
…or can be free-hung using our multidirectional hanging system which adheres to the back of the tile.
1706 Rittenhouse Square Auto Lobby
Philadelphia, PA
Security fasteners can be affixed to this mounting system for public installations.
Three designs are exclusive to Ann Sacks Tile Co.:
Nautilus
Dahlia
Botanical
We can customize these designs, or work with you to create a unique piece
Mountainscape, residential commission,
2009
Tree of Life, residential commission, 2007
Choose from 28 glazes
Sample color chips represent our color line only--not our designs.
If your client likes a design on a color chip we can create a design around it
Cleaning Tiles
• Wash with a soft rag or sponge and mild detergent.
• A green 3-M scrub pad can be used gently to remove scuffmarks on most glazes.
• Tiles with matte and porous surfaces should be treated much as one would treat suede; use a clean, non-lint tool such as a toothbrush or lint free cloth to gently lift the dirt out of the glaze pores. Mild soap and water can be used.
Design ServicesWe can provide Computer
Aided Design (CAD)
Design Services:We can provide sketches
