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Yellow glazed tile w/copper red butterfly

Yellow glazed tile w/copper red butterfly, $400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographs: ©Helen Heino

Yellow glazed tile with fish motif.

Otto makes tiles too.

Imagine remodeling your kitchen to include custom Arts and Craft tiles! Tiles are one of the original interior design elements for which the Craftsman style became famous. All the more interesting that each unique design is handcrafted in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.

At left: Yellow glazed tile with black oxide primitive fish and copper red ball, $350.

 
The Stages of Tile Building
Otto gathering ferns from garden.
Rolling and shaping clay for cuttings.
Rolling/shaping clay for cuttings.
Otto gathering ferns from garden.
Preparing ferns for design placement on prepared clay.
Brushing slip over plants and clay.
Preparing ferns for design placement on prepared clay.

Brushing slip over plants/clay.

Bamboo tile design with oxide slip
fern design tile with blue and white slip.
A tile (shown here with bamboo design) has been pressed into the clay/forms and oxide slip applied. Dried clay/design is ready for bisque firing. 21"h x14"w  $1500.00

Completed glaze fired tile. Fern design tile with blue and white slip, 21"h x 14"w, $1500.00