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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. The light hand painted blue and white strokes of a stylistic floral pattern on tile can have you dreaming about a centuries-old street corner in Portugal.

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

Tile Talk

Images were first painted onto plain rectangular tiles, glazed, and then fired. Its unfortunate that this glorious form of art wasnt extensively documented throughout the ages. backsplash designs. bathroom design. design ideas. design standards. design trends. fireplace tile designs.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

My grandmother worked at Gladding McBean (Franciscan Tile), hand painting dinnerware while she was pregnant with my father. I had been a Certified Ceramic Tile Consultant (CTC) through the CTIOA since 1979 and a Certified Construction Document Technologist through CSI since 2000. What does the training consist of?

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Nutmeg Designs

Tile Talk

Flipping through a book of her art, I found a watercolor painting of totem poles evocative of what our client requested. This year Wayne and I began a blog at our website for collaborations (http//nutmegdesignsart.com), documenting work in progress, our commissions and the process of being a Dynamic Duo. backsplash designs.

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Architectural Models | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

summer ended and the interns went back to school) we thought it would be a good idea to document the finished product. Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Architects , Design , Do you want to be an Architect? architects office , design , models heard around the. Once the model was completed, (i.e.

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The Bee Hole of an Architect | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

When I was complete with the documents, a PA asked me to draw plan details.) Kevin McLaren I used to work in an office where the head of the interior design department could let some of the foulest, most hilarious commentary fly when he wanted to, which was relatively often. I’m doomed. Send to Email Address.