Continuing the celebration of NATIONAL TILE DAY today!!! With another post… this time showing a commission piece I made for Diane & Jim over the past couple months. They brought in a cool wood-carved wall piece they had purchased during a vacation. They decided to augment it with some of my handmade tiles in the form of a ClayQuilt. We discussed some options… and we landed on this triptych design. With my pieces flanking their wood piece for a little more emphasis on their dining room wall. Along with their commissioned tiles… I also made a few “custom” tiles with some initials & significant dates “hidden” amongst the textures!!

Just a “few” textured & soda-fired tiles on my condo wall. If you’ve ever been to my “Holiday Home Show” you’ve already seen ‘em, touched ‘em, loved ‘em… just a couple thousand tile squares!

Perfect to celebrate NATIONAL TILE DAY today!

So apparently this is “a thing” now??? After last night’s post about the bathroom remodel based on one of my wall pocket vases… this morning I got another one!!! Longtime friend & follower Jean sent me photos of HER bathroom… also centered around a few of my tiled pieces, a round disc & a couple all pocket vases! Pretty cool huh?! Any other interior designers needing some inspiration?… c’mon over!!!

For another Mugshot Monday… not every mug needs coffee. Just sayin’…
And thanks Rosene for sharing!

The framed tiles look pretty great there too!!!

Enough of the “teasers”… now that our collaborations have made their “Bug Reveal” at ART IN THE GARDEN today, Cory & I felt it was fine to show you all what each piece looks like straight on. Again, I made all of the textured tiles & my pal Cory McCrory made all of the sculptural bugs.

We had a great day today… and there are still
a few collaborations for those who come tomorrow!
We’re back in Glenview from 10:00am-5:00pm.

The bug infestation finally made it to Chicago!!!

After a few “challenges” along the way… my pal Cory McCrory finally got her bugs together & sent them my way!!! So tonight I’m putting them together with my part of the collaboration project. Windows are open… but I still feel like I’ve been sniffing glue for awhile tonight!!!

Just trying to get them done & drying so they’re ready for this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview, Illinois!!! Fingers crossed… with fans blowing fumes outside!!!

Okay… so I “may have” gotten a little out of control while glazing “a couple” tiles for a quick glaze firing. Not to mention the hundred or so tiles also in my soda kiln. Gotta have plenty of options, right?!

And while Cory has bugs everywhere…
I’m “buggin’ out” while glazing hundreds of textured tiles for our collaboration project!!!
Gotta keep glazing & get them into a kiln quick!!!

Roll, glue, stick, flip, press, repeat. Just adding a bit of wadding to every textured tile for my soda firing this weekend. They might look white now, but they’ve all got some colored flashing slips on them. So if all goes well, they should change to a range of oranges & yellows!!!

Celebrating a little TEXTURE TUESDAY with a stamped & soda-fired ClayQuilt I made awhile back… currently living its best life in a customer’s home!