Create an exquisite ambiance with customized, hand made decorative ceramic tiles
Decorative ceramic tiles can give your home an even more stylish look than regular tile, and you can choose from a wide variety.
One of the great advantages of these hand made decorative ceramic tiles is that they’re suitable for any surface, either on the floor or walls of your hallway, bathroom, kitchen, office or any other place. Depending on your preferences, you can opt for customized hand made decorative ceramic tiles to match the environment, choosing from various types:
- -ceramic plant and floral tiles
- -decorative Celtic tiles
- -decorative mythological and nude tiles
- -animal and wildlife art tiles
- -corporate and commemorative tiles
- -custom carved decorative ceramic tiles and plaques
These are the most popular choices for decorative ceramic tiles, but if you have something else in mind you can find more types, or you can design them yourself and get them customized to meet your specific requirements. You can even have a mural painting made of decorative ceramic tiles, featuring the works of Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Degas and so on.
Decorative ceramic tiles require a lot of talent and hard work, not to mention patience and thoroughness, considering that they are hand made. Each handmade relief starts with an original carving made in porcelain. Once the porcelain carving is complete, the artist makes a plaster mold from it, and then hand presses and pounds clay into the mold. The tiles are removed from the mold and dried slowly to prevent warping. After the tiles are dry, they are hand painted with underglazes and baked in a kiln at 2000 degrees. Through this procedure, the hand painted decorative ceramic tile becomes hard and the color gets permanently bonded to the clay. The underglaze of the whole tile is first washed and then wiped off, leaving color in the recesses of the carving, as well as in the previously hand painted and natural clay color on the raised parts.
The relief carved tile is covered with a clear glaze, and then baked again. This way, the decorative ceramic tiles acquire a glass like finish. For a translucent or metallic finish, tiles have it applied now and baked a third time, but this time at a much lower temperature.
Decorative ceramic tiles might be more expensive than regular tiles, but the effect stands no comparison. They make an exquisite ambiance, adding a stylish look wherever they are put. However, if you decide to opt for decorative ceramic tiles, it is recommended to buy a few extra tiles, just in case. If some tiles get damaged in time, replacing them later can be difficult if you don’t have any matching tiles.