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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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Portuguese Ceramic Tile: Architectural History and Preservation Through the Ages. Ceramic tile façade in Portugal. Aside from all these wonderful things are the ceramic tiles of the country. Portuguese ceramic tile serves as a beautiful, functional and architectural element on structures and homes. Image by Viktor Keech.

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Tile Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Image Source: Ceramics Today via Saudi Aramco World. Image Source: Ceramics Today via Saudi Aramco World. they introduced various forms of art and artistic techniques, including a unique custom of painted ceramics, called Zillij. Image Source: Ceramics Today via Saudi Aramco World. Posted by Arpi Nalbandian.

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Granada Tile

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Ceramic tiles first made an appearance in the ninth or tenth century BC, with cement tile arriving quite a bit later in the 1800s when hydraulic presses were invented and Portland cement was discovered. Zellige tiles are very traditional to this region and are made up of colorful mosaics. The Difference Between Cement and Ceramic Tile.

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Tile Talk

APRIL 22, 2014

Sally mentioned she had this painting that would be the focal point of the main dining room and the tile pattern and colors should draw you to the painting; but, not take your attention away. The painting, El Morocco , is by Jerome Carlin and depicts a well-healed family having dinner in a nice restaurant. ceramic tile.

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Tile Talk

MAY 20, 2014

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. ceramic tile.

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Tile Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Zellij is the art of hand-cut geometric mosaic design. Image credit: Morocco Travel Blog. The zellij tile shown here has cobalt blue, emerald green and bright yellow - colors that became popular in the 17th with zellij mosaics. ceramic tile. hand painted tile. Margaret Almon Mosaics. Morocccan Zellij tile.

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