Victorian Kitchen & Bath Remodel Project

Manufacturing and Designing Artisanal Tiles Video

Bob meets with Steve Powers of Trikeenan Tileworks who explains how their artisanal tiles are created. The field tiles Powers shows him are created in an extruder that squeezes the clay out in a ribbon before they are hand cut into squares. The glaze is either hand-dipped or sprayed onto the surface of the tile. How they glaze takes and presents on the tile surface depends on the chemistry of the glaze and the method of application. Trikeenan also creates tiles that are stamped between specially manufactured dies to create hand-stamped tiles. The tiles Powers shows Bob have been glazed and hand-rubbed to give a varied appearance. Homeowner Jeanne Sanviti-Masher explains the layout she created for the bathroom space. She and her husband decided to go with a single color scheme, which gave them direction and focus as they perused the glazes, colors, and styles available. Powers lays out the tiles specified for the design to show the field tiles, pencil liners, accent tiles, and decorative tiles that will be used on the walls and floor.

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