Link: The Joy of Shards
On Friday, I mentioned that I’d visited some local Open Studios. As well as the sketchbooks, I was also overjoyed to find some talented ceramicists selling tiles, including seconds and odd bits and bobs. For a while now, I’ve been planning to tile one portion of our kitchen with non-matching tiles, inspired by a photo in a magazine I saw in a doctor’s waiting room and was never able to track down again. Despite trawling the internet and keeping my eyes open at car boot sales, I have been unable to find many one-off tiles, excepting a few rather expensive wins from eBay. Here, finally, was my answer. Yes, sometimes the internet just doesn’t give you what you want: you have to do the footwork and get out into the real world.
In celebration of my new collection of tiles, let me inspire you with the British mosaic site The Joy of Shards. Funny, for a site showcasing so many visually appealing pieces, the design is hellish. But if it’s knowledge and inspiration you’re after, this is a great place to start: instructions, galleries, and a history of the form. Plus, what sold it to me, the mosaic catdoor shown above.
Wouldn’t your cat like a mosaic door?
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Media, Inspiration, Links.
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Tile shops sell ends of runs cheap. I got some free from a tile warehouse in Bristol because the assistant couldn’t make the till register the reduction.
For some reason, I find tile shops to be really intimidating places. I did try once, but was only offered a selection of regular and plain tiles. I might have had more luck with the more independent, arty suppliers, I suppose. But anyway, the open studios have supplied me with several quirky and beautiful examples. I am going to have to decode whether we are likely to move house in the next few years before I put them in place.