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Avente Tile Talk: Mosaic Floors of Fishborne Roman Palace

Tile Talk

Mosaic Floors of Fishborne Roman Palace. Perhaps the most enduring feature of Roman villas is the mosaic tile work. There are many fine examples to be found throughout Europe. The earliest Fishborne mosaics reflect the esthetic of the time and are fashioned in geometric patterns of black and white. hand painted tile.

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

Architectural Ceramics

This style is newer and more common in Europe than in the U.S. The pale celadon or sage green paint color on the vertical walls, for example, is close in color and hue to the backsplash and tub tile used on the walls. Pratt & Larson’s fan mosaic; image via prattandlarson.com. has us drooling over the space.

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Avente Tile Talk: Spanish Tile as Building Material, Part 3

Tile Talk

Trencadís is a type of mosaic created from broken tile shards. If you arent able to get to Spain any time soon, then bring Spain into your home with hand-painted Spanish tile offered by Avente Tile , or by contacting your ceramic tile retailer about the products I highlighted above. hand painted tile. Margaret Almon Mosaics.

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Lilywork Artisan Tile, LLC

Tile Talk

Lilywork owners gain inspiration from travels, pulling ideas from architecture and cultures across Europe and the Near East. hand painted tile. Margaret Almon Mosaics. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. As an artisan, what inspires your creations?

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Architects and designers, wanna.

Kitchen and Residential Design

The trip will end in Valencia when everyone on the Passport of Creativity tour will attend Cevisama, one of Europes (and therefor the worlds) largest tile and bath trade shows. Labels: architecture , bath design , interior design , mosaic , tile , travel. I was in Europe not too long a go and the Architecture is amazing.

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SieMatic introduces the latest from Beaux Arts and FloatingSpaces

Kitchen and Residential Design

EuroCucina is Europes largest kitchen trade show and its attended by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the globe who descend on Milan to see the latest in kitchen design and innovation. Mosaic Art NOW. New Ravenna Mosaics. Sherwin-Williams Paint. Posted by Paul Anater. at 9:00 AM. kitchen design. amusements.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Cotto d'Este rethinks what tile can do

Kitchen and Residential Design

My travels to Europe in the last year have shown me that there are a lot of ways the US can improve on our business as usual. The rage these days in Europe in architecture is to install ventilated facades. Mosaic Art NOW. New Ravenna Mosaics. Sherwin-Williams Paint. kitchen design. interior design. amusements.

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