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Get Inspired: A Lovely Idea for Leftover Cement Tiles

Granada Tile

Turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving spring to mind. We recently came across a really fantastic idea courtesy of the good folks at Potted , a garden store in Los Angeles’s Atwater Village neighborhood. Get Inspired Atwater Village cement tile garden Granada Tile Los Angeles Potted tile table'

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Avente Tile Talk: Turkish Tile: Artistry Through the Ages

Tile Talk

Aladdin Palace, Konya, Turkey. Karatay Madrasah Museum, Konya, Turkey. Karatay Madrasah Museum, Konya, Turkey. Animal and flower figures, 16th century, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey. The most frequently color used for the glaze was turquoise, followed by cobalt blue, eggplant violet, and sometimes black.

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Member Blogs-Sylvie Atanasio

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Sylvie recently traveled to Turkey for the CTDA Trade Mission as well as China. TURKEY: JUNE 2015. I feel extremely lucky to have been a part of the CTDA delegation that went to Istanbul to learn more about Turkey’s ceramic tile industry, as well as their culture. Read about her travels below.

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Avente Tile Talk: Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design

Tile Talk

Examples of this work still exist in Spain, Italy, Morocco, India, and Turkey. Early Islamic tiles involved a simple process of cutting single color, small tile fragments and assembled with the use of liquid plaster. The color palette also extended to include oranges and yellows. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. Image Credit.

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Avente Tile Talk: Persian Tile: A Form of Art and Religious Expression

Tile Talk

Over the centuries, creative artisans used colored stones and brick to create geometric patterns on structures. Image via Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). It was during this time that ornamental mosaic pieces were often replaced using the haft rang (seven colors) technique. Early 14th century). at 6:00 AM.

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Avente Tile Talk: Ceramic Tile's Creative Nature

Tile Talk

From Iznik, Turkey. Discover Design with Historic Spanish Tile Installations in Los Angeles. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. Climbing Out with Color, Texture and Time in Tile. in Mesopotamia and India. Image via Biblical Heritage. Iznik ceramic tile motif (16th century). 2 days ago.

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A new season begins

Entra Magazine

It may be 75 degrees in Los Angeles but it''s the first day of fall (yes, LA does have one), and in its honor, we bring you North Carolina artist Nancy Darrell ''s woodcut and linoleum prints. Turkeys The 6 colors in this print are achieved by 4 separate woodcuts.

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