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Medieval Flooring & Encaustic Tile

Architectural Ceramics

The image above shows the tiled floor of Winchester Cathedral , which boasts the largest area of original medieval tiles in the United Kingdom! Ceramic floor tile first started to appear in medieval England in the thirteenth century. Small decorative mosaics or floor tile with the ever-common fleur-de-lis?

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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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Week of October 26th, 2020 –Halloween

Architectural Ceramics

One thing remains the same, and that’s putting up those Halloween decorations to show some spooky spirit. In the end, the finished product looks like it belongs in the main scene of a modern Halloween movie, with the all-black exterior, interior shades of black to match, and even a black-slate rooftop garden with a fireplace and seating area.

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BBQ Smoked

Diary of a Tile Addict

If there’s one creation that brings the magic of ceramics to life, it’s the BBQ’d tiles from Granby. Systems of glazing and decorating tiles have been developed over centuries, investigating the many ways heat, clay, pigments, and minerals react with one another and sometimes you really have to see it to believe it.