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Medieval Flooring & Encaustic Tile

Architectural Ceramics

The image above shows the intricate detail that was put into floor mosaics. Patterns ranged from geometric designs, decorative mosaics, family crests, and depictions of Christian scenes and symbols. Our knowledge of floors in medieval domestic buildings is primarily from excavated buildings or documents from the time.

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Nutmeg Designs

Tile Talk

Interview with Nutmeg Designs. Today Im excited to share an interview with Margaret Almon of Nutmeg Designs. Card & Thank you Bill Buyok received from Nutmeg Designs. How and when did you start creating the mosaic glass art masterpieces? House Numbers 1670 by Nutmeg Designs. Tuesday, June 25, 2013.

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New Options on Green Squared and an Innovative Mortar That Sets in Hours

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

NSF International, an independent global organization that writes public health standards and certifies products for food, water and consumer goods, now offers Green Squared Certification for sustainable ceramic tiles, glass tiles and installation materials. www.nsfsustainability.org.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

Tile and our Collective History One of the reasons I started Avente was my love of tile - both in the beauty of the hand painted design and the sense of place and time it conveys. A mosaic brings you back to the Roman Empire. They want to help document, record and preserve the collective history that is ours. backsplash designs.

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

Tile Talk

Using an intricate method of manufacturing, design and the type of materials used in the four methods mentioned above, the methods have evolved as a result of natural factors, economical and political effects.” Moraq tiles (mosaic style) panels created with this technique were made to withstand the elements of time. at 6:00 AM.

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