Diary of a Tile Addict

AUGUST 18, 2021

The company’s founder Arto Alajian was born in Alexandria, Egypt and classically trained in the arts. Handpainted decors, unsual shapes, and perfectly scaled patterns give a distinct personality to each series. SD100C SD103B SD147A. In the early 60s he travelled around America before finding his home in Venice, California.

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Tile Talk

MARCH 5, 2013

With history on their minds, I, as well as several architects and design professionals, recently toured the ARTO Brick and California Pavers factory complex in Gardena, CA. In his birthplace of Egypt, Arto got his start in the business world by helping his father as a shoe cobbler. Making Hand Painted Tiles Video. The Company.

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Architectural Ceramics

AUGUST 25, 2017

Today, several tile manufacturers still honor the handmade tradition in shaping and painting natural clay tiles, but drying is done in a closed kiln instead of in the open air. textured surface makes the tile appear like painted brick. Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia.

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Time2Design

MARCH 14, 2013

DESIGN TERMS | DEFINITIONS. Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture. DESIGN | INSPIRATION | BEDROOM.

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