Handmade Ceramic Wall and Backsplash Tile

Wake up your walls!Natalie Blake Studioswww.unaluntile.com

Sensuous and curvilinear, Blake Studio tiles are individually-made, sgraffito-carved, high-fired porcelain wall tiles.

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Creating the Tiles

Porcelainia-stoneware clay is rolled flat, cut into squares, and draped and smoothed over individual forms

These forms create the undulating quality of our tiles

Creating the TilesOnce firm, the clay tiles are removed from the molds and a slip of red iron oxide is brushed onto them

The design is then carved, free-hand, onto the tiles

This traditional style of carving is called sgraffitto, an Italian term meaning “to scratch”

The carving removes the top layer, revealing the contrasting layer below

When laid next to each other, carved tiles form contiguous or abstract designs of any size wall relief. 

The modular format of the tiles can be adapted to suit architectural niches, angles, large or small spaces, and curved walls.

Our high-fired, porcelain tiles are easily cleaned, durable and are suitable for indoor or outdoor applications,

including…

Interiors

Showers

Outdoor spaces

Installation

Tile edges are made flat for grouting installations.

…or can be free-hung using our multidirectional hanging system which adheres to the back of the tile.

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Security fasteners can be affixed to this mounting system for public installations.

Three designs are exclusive to Ann Sacks Tile Co.:

Nautilus

Dahlia

Botanical

We can customize these designs, or work with you to create a unique piece

Mountainscape, residential commission,

2009

Tree of Life, residential commission, 2007

Choose from 28 glazes

Sample color chips represent our color line only--not our designs.

If your client likes a design on a color chip we can create a design around it

Cleaning Tiles

• Wash with a soft rag or sponge and mild detergent.

• A green 3-M scrub pad can be used gently to remove scuffmarks on most glazes.

• Tiles with matte and porous surfaces should be treated much as one would treat suede; use a clean, non-lint tool such as a toothbrush or lint free cloth to gently lift the dirt out of the glaze pores. Mild soap and water can be used.

Design ServicesWe can provide Computer

Aided Design (CAD)

Design Services:We can provide sketches

Contact Us

Natalie Blake Studioswww.unaluntile.com

802.254.9761

info@natalieblake.com