the olympics are still captivating the world. phelps has finished with a world record gold medal capture that might never be beat. and, well, our teammates at clé have decided to go for the gold (and silver, etc) this month as well. frankly, it was more of a fashion-thing rather than an olympic-thing if you really wanna know! and the fact is that fashion is all about metallics right now. so which came first- the olympics or the metallic skinny jeans??? we're going to avoid the argument and just enjoy this collection of metallic tiles fit for the fashion-spice and sporty-spice in all of us...
Introducing
Modern Metallic Tile
Handmade
by
International Tile Artisans for clé
clé introduces metallic tiles in porcelain, ceramic and limestone that have been painted, glazed, and printed with the glimmer of silver, gold, iron, platinum, and copper. Each artist has interpreted the glory of metal in their own way from the manipulation of intense heat to delicate brush strokes. In Italy, Adriano Ricchetti at Il Monile has devised a way to turn gold voluptuous, using his technical virtuosity to fuse ceramic with glaze until the two become one. Along with gold, the Byzantina rectangle series includes iron, platinum, and silver.
Brenda Bates creates her Welbeck tile in her potter's studio in Cornwall, England. Fascinated by aquatic life in the Celtic Sea, Bates has created the Coast Collection, immortalizing sea stars in hand made tile, delicately painted in 24 k gold and platinum. Her Platinum Collection is a study in abstraction, using metallics to define irregular shapes.The weight of the precious metals against the delicate translucent glaze causes the random crackled surface.
The clé Classic Tile Collection has taken the traditional material of porcelain and rendered it modern with faux metal finishes of oxidized steel, iron and copper. The Metallic Porcelain series allows for installation of a tile where weight or temperature would be problematic for metal. The tile slabs are 13" x 40" and can be installed on floors and walls, indoors and out.
The Dutch artist Hanneke Steenmetz silk screens her Shakespeare inspired graphics onto limestone tile for her Studio H. Although all of her images are available in gold, silver and copper, how is it that a crown could be anything but gold? clé says "Metallic functions as the perfect counter point to warm surfaces. It reflects light adding sparkle and allure. There are as many qualities to the shimmer of gold as there are artists producing the color, and we're proud to offer the most tantalizing." The tiles on clé are as distinct as the artists who create them.
 handpainted 24 k gold on a handmade tile
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 handpainted platinum on a handmade tile
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 handpainted 24k gold on a handmade tile
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