alright-ee. we are getting closer to launching our very fun tile revelation - clé - any minute now (actually sometime in february).
you have all had a part in our diabolical plan! completely inspired by readers of tile envy, clé is a brainchild -(i was going to use the term supernova, but in fact it is a reflection) of all of you seeking tile and especially tiles made from the hands of artists.
We are anxiously anticipating a "soft" launch of clé in the midst of this month- or sometime whenever uncle reyka unleashes his nearly two years of html noodling on all of us. between daily tile (facebook), tile envy (blog), and pinterest (deborah), you will be seeing odds and ends and tidbits of what's cooking at clé via the realm that made it all catch fire- SoMe.
so speaking of SoMe, whilst writing yesterday's post of Lucian Freud at home, I was reminded that Freud always liked to include animals and, especially, pets in his works.
which then made me reflect on a couple of recent SoMe subjects that have had my attention- 1) pets and 2) portraits:
1) when pinterest first began, i participated in a "favorite things" pinterest round-up. naturally i had to include top dog and tile envy studio mascot, mochi fernando. mochi has now become, i believe, the most repinned puppy on pinterest. i challenge any of you to a popular pinterest puppy throw-down right here and now-
mochi hard at work inspiring tile envy
2) tile envy reported last year on a contest being conducted by klm airlines that was a celebration of delft tiles and portraiture (here). recently i noted that they launched the results- a completely "tiled" aircraft all created by SoMe- super fun and super tile! actually wondering if KLM might provide the ability to transform the portrait tiles into ceramic???