Handmade Tile: Design, Create, and Install Custom Tiles

Handmade Tile: Design, Create, and Install Custom Tiles

<DIV><B><I>Handmade Tile </I>is a contemporary guide for ceramic artists and anyone interested in custom tile installations-from making, designing, and decorating to designing your space and installation.</B><BR /><BR /> No matter how many years of experience you have as a ceramic artist or how many home-improvement projects you've tackled, nothing prepares you for the unique world of ceramic tile. From <B>concept </B>and <B>design</B>, through <B>firing </B>and <B>installation</B>, ceramic tiling is one of the few places in a home where art is permanently installed as a feature of a room.<BR /><BR /> In <I>Handmade Tile</I>, Forrest Lesch-Middelton shares everything he's learned as the founder and owner of the custom tile business FLM Ceramics and Tile. From his years as a one-man operation to his current production facility, Forrest has seen it all and helps you every step of the way. Whether you want to <B>make your own tile</B>, or want to <B>use artistic and custom-made tile in your home</B>, this book has everything you need.<BR /><BR /><B>Key features of the book include:</B></DIV><ul><li>Making Tile: key tools, rolling, cutting, extruding</li><li>Decorating: glazes, image transfer, cuerda seca, underglaze, slip</li><li>Designing Your Space: tile in context, choosing your tile, codes and standards</li><li>Installation: removing old tile, backing, preparing surfaces, setting, grouting</li></ul><DIV>Galleries and interviews with <B>today's top workings artists in tile </B>round out the package. Featured artists include Allison Bloom, Boris Aldridge, Disc Interiors, PV Tile, and more. </DIV>