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Avente Tile Talk: Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup

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Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup. Our friends at Tile of Spain were kind enough to share some amazing tile facts about the Spanish tiles that were used for this project. Photo courtesy of Tile of Spain. Photo courtesy of Tile of Spain. hand painted tile. kitchen backsplash. kitchen tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Tile Backsplashes: Kitchen and Bathroom.

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Tile Backsplashes: Kitchen and Bathroom Showpieces. Murphy Mosaic Backsplash by Appomattox Tile Art. Stainless Steel Mosaic Tile by Ann Sacks. Happily, along with this desire for something new and different, tile backsplashes have seen an uptick in updated kitchen designs. • Mosaic tiles (stone, glass, and mixed).

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Avente Tile Talk: Spanish Tile as Building Material, Part 3

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The Agora (LÀgora) building within the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, is part of a larger complex of facilities designed by Spanish architects Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela. Trencadís is a type of mosaic created from broken tile shards. Note: The following images were made available by Tile of Spain.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Architects and designers, wanna.

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Architects and designers, wanna go to Spain? Tile of Spain is running a contest theyre calling Passport to Creativity. The four architects and or designers will earn 4 CEUs in addition to winning an all-expense-paid trip to Spain. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. 08 November 2012.

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Avente Tile Talk: Spanish Tile Design, Innovation Inspires Coverings.

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Tile of Spains exhibit at Coverings 2013. Image courtesy of Tile of Spain. Ceramic tile use throughout Spain is prolific. At Coverings 2013 , held recently in Atlanta, the Tile of Spain marked its 26th year in exhibiting Spanish innovation at the annual tile and stone show. Tuesday, May 21, 2013. www.levantina.com.

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Avente Tile Talk: Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design

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Examples of this work still exist in Spain, Italy, Morocco, India, and Turkey. Because Islamic cultural beliefs negated the use of human form depictions, creative inspirations of florals, stars, animals, and geometric designs were used in the elaborate mosaics that became readily identifiable as Islamic. hand painted tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Step Up to Spanish Tile | September 2012

Tile Talk

Project Pick: Hand-Painted Spanish Ceramic Tile Risers Aventes Spanish Tiles are beautifully hand-painted in a variety of colors and patterns on ceramic bisque using time-honored techniques. Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll Within our hand-painted Spanish ceramic tile collection, you.ll

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