We received a wonderful customer appreciation photo today. This was an insert we had for sale on Etsy and a couple from California are now the proud owners of it. Here’s what they had to say. Hi Angi & Scott, Our kitchen is finished and I wanted to share a picture of the grape mural [...]
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Another Happy Customer
Posted in Backsplash, Ceramics, Photography, Pottery, Tile on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Better Photos of Our New Tile
Posted in Backsplash, Bath, Carpentry, Ceramics, Concrete, Kitchen, Photography, Pottery, Tile on May 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We thought we’d take some better photos (ie not with our phone) of our new tile now that it’s grouted, cleaned and sealed.
New Tile Installation
Posted in Backsplash, Bath, Ceramics, Concrete, Kitchen, Tile on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We unloaded the accent tiles for this installation out of the kiln with a sigh of relief this morning. It was their second trip though the kiln for glaze firing. The first time was at 06 with less than stellar results and this time at 05 and they’re prefect. We installed these this afternoon and [...]
Testing Clay Bodies and Throwing Lidded Jars
Posted in Backsplash, Bath, Ceramics, Kitchen, Pottery, Tile on May 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re going to see if stoneware clay would make a much better tile clay body than the earthenware we’ve been using. So we made a 15 x 15 inch vineyard tile to test Laguna B-Mix 5 to see if it would pass or fail. We also made some sweet lidded jars including one we did [...]
Huge Step Forward
Posted in Backsplash, Bath, Carpentry, Ceramics, Pottery on May 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My dream CNC DIY project just got a whole lot more real. I’ve been dreaming of doing a 3 axis DIY CNC build like many of the ones on instructables.com, but holy crap this will be so much more precise. But that’s all its been is a dream in the back of my head for [...]
What A Difference A Clay Makes!
Posted in Backsplash, Ceramics, Kitchen, Tile on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Use the right clay and the crap doesn’t blow up. After prying a section of our first attempt at glaze firing one of these 15 x 15 inch tiles out of one of the element holders of our kiln we knew it was time to try a clay other than Miller #10 to make our [...]
New Stamped Trim Tiles
Posted in Backsplash, Bath, Ceramics, Kitchen, Tile on February 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
We made some new trim tiles that will be going in our Laundry/Pantry. The dark gray clay is Amaco Versa 20, it fires to a decent white at 04 bisque. These will be glazed in a aqua crackle at 05, the stamped squares should pool some glaze nicely. My progress on building a tile extruder [...]
Metal or Clay
Posted in Backsplash, Ceramics, Kitchen, Tile on February 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s kind of hard to tell. We are making these using Amaco Versa Clay which is a dark gray very plastic body when wet and fires white. These are going on the backsplash in our Laundry/Pantry, and will be glazed in a burnished steel and put on a blue crackle background.
A Trip Back To The Vineyard
Posted in Backsplash, Ceramics, Kitchen on January 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We made this backsplash insert a while back as an option for a clients kitchen. It’s gorgeous and it’s now for sale on Etsy. It features a wide 3″ trim border that was cut and mitered at the bisque stage so all the ends have a nice smooth glazed finish. To think we use to [...]
Backsplash Completed
Posted in Backsplash, Ceramics, Kitchen, Tile on November 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Stick a fork in it. Finally done with the most frustrating tile job we’ve ever had. This is the section that goes behind the cooktop. We tested and tested trying to find a super bright white glaze that was glossy and very smooth. We tried every gloss white from Amaco, Duncan, Mayco, Gare, Laguna, Speedball [...]
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