Architectural Ceramics
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
While we can’t help you clean out your closet by purging, thanking, or folding your clothes, Architectural Ceramics can help you clean your tile floor or backsplash. Check out the following tips below, organized into categories, to care for and maintain your porcelain, ceramic, glass or natural stone tile. Machine-Made Ceramics.
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THF advocates for the ceramic arts and mosaics as well as the preservation of significant installations. THF is a custodian of over 40,000 documents, more than 44,000 digital images and more than 4,000 American ceramic tiles dating back to the late 19th century. THF also maintains a blog-style website.
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Architectural Ceramics
OCTOBER 25, 2019
The image above shows the intricate detail that was put into floor mosaics. Ceramic floor tile first started to appear in medieval England in the thirteenth century. Patterns ranged from geometric designs, decorative mosaics, family crests, and depictions of Christian scenes and symbols. You are standing in a room.
Tile Talk
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Moraq tiles (mosaic style) panels created with this technique were made to withstand the elements of time. The dome of this religious building, which originates from the 17th century, serves as a wonderful example for mosaic tile, as well as cuerda seca tiles. ceramic tile. (Early 14th century). Image via www.IslamicArts.org.
Tile Talk
JUNE 25, 2013
This spring I was touched by the kindness of a simple gesture that few of us do in this electronic age, Margaret wrote a note thanking me for my support - on the cover was a joyful expression of her stain glass mosaics. How and when did you start creating the mosaic glass art masterpieces? Quilt blocks were my first inspiration.
Floor Covering News
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From their well-documented environmentally friendly benefits to their unique visual characteristics, cork and bamboo flooring provide a desirable alternative to many of the commodity-driven hard surface products in abundance in the industry today. Beyond aesthetics, Green Flow also touts high durability.
Tile Talk
DECEMBER 18, 2012
The Preservation of our Tile Heritage The Tile Heritage Foundation promotes an awareness and appreciation of ceramic surfaces in the United States. The Tile Heritage library and research facility has a wealth of knowledge including books and slides about ceramic tile surfaces. A mosaic brings you back to the Roman Empire.
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