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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

While children everywhere are going back to school, let’s go back to basics and learn about ceramic tile through a few of Architectural Ceramic’s collections: Basics, London, and City Hall. Let’s learn a bit about how ceramic tile is classified. The principles used to create ceramic tile are basic.

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Recer: sublime surface selection 

Diary of a Tile Addict

Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. million. Recer is particularly well established in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, and the USA.

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Recer: sublime surface selection 

Diary of a Tile Addict

Today it is a medium sized producer of porcelain tiles, and ceramic wall tiles, offering home owners and designers a wide range of contemporary solutions with its wide and diversified product portfolio. million. Recer is particularly well established in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, and the USA.

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Vintage Tile Tour of Original Los Angeles Spec House

Tile Talk

Joe Taylor, whose encyclopedic knowledge of tile and tile history is impressive, explains that Royal Dutch cloisonné tiles were only made by one factory in The Netherlands. Of course, cloisonné tiles must be fired; but, the mold forms the patterns and maintains the colors in the decorative tiles you see.

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Vintage Tile Tour, Continued

Tile Talk

If you love tile, then you can''t miss this rare opportunity to tour a house with tiles installed in nearly every room, including some Royal Delft cloisonné decorative tiles. However, the tile feast is made even more extraordinary with the use of Royal Delft cloisonné decorative tile accents placed around the room.

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No Passport Required: 4 Global Etsy Trends for Your Home and How to Rock Them

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Japanese ceramics Coffee dripper by Kei Karachi , rust color sake cup by Hitoshi Morimoto , celadon green sake cup by Kenji Gama. Searches on Etsy for Japanese ceramics are up 15 percent. What makes Japanese ceramics so special is that no two are exactly alike because they are handmade.

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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. The Majolica technique utilizes an opaque white tin-based glaze that is ideal for vibrant, colorful patterns and designs for ceramics.

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