Nothing brightens a Tile Addict’s day quite like a fabulously tiled mural. Whether it’s on a pavement, city wall, or in a train station, we love to see it, so we’ve collected a few of the marvellous murals we know about to highlight their diversity and beauty. Continue reading Five Marvellous Murals
Tile Addict previously explored Little Havana in Southern Florida, admiring the mural by Santos Mendez at TD Bank which captures the bright, bold essence of Cuban culture. It was a delight to find out that just outside the original Havana stands a miraculous mosaic masterpiece spanning the small fishing neighbourhood of Jaimanitas. Continue reading Phenomenal Fusterlandia
AirTiles are innovative, functional and decorative panels, made from Alumer; a polymer-coated aluminum sheet that creates the illusion of a metallic inlay. The panels come in various formats – from decorative borders to tile panels up to huge murals in which a large number of panels are combined to create a large-scale artwork. Continue reading Coloured Metallic Murals
At Friday’s Tile Association Awards – the most prestigious annual event for the UK tiling industry – the title of Tile Fixer of the Year was awarded to Sharon Taylor of Viva Tiling, who took up tiling following redundancy in 2007. Continue reading Viva Viva
Spanish manufacturer Reviglass the material for students at Escola Massana to create striking murals in 25 by 25mm glass mosaic tiles. Continue reading Mosaic Masterclass
Robert Dawson’s Westway mural combines a mixture of locally significant historical references, including a portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, within a skillfully interrelated and overlaid composition. Continue reading Westway
Based upon Myaamia, an original painting by Santos Mendez named after a Native American Algonquian language spoken by the Seminole Indians, the mosaic mural at TD Bank, Florida, reflects harmony and friendship among all living creatures. Continue reading Magical Myaamia
Diogo Machado – aka Add Fuel – is a Portuguese artist, a highly skillful illusionist with an untreatable case of tile addiction; a street artist with a sideways sense of humour and much to say about perception, value and media. Continue reading Counterfeit Ceramicist
Cotto d’Este’s exquisite Wonderwall concept comprises twelve different figurative works of art printed on to the blank canvas of 1,000 by 3,000mm ultra-thin Kerlite slabs. Continue reading Wonderful Wonderwall
Ramacieri Soligo from Montreal, has added new patterns and colours to its on-trend collection of Medina cement tiles. Continue reading Medina Manifesto
The Cliff Lodge ski resort in Utah decided to create an Aspen tree motif on two large wall mosaics, one in the ballroom lobby, and the other in the ballroom mezzanine, each thirty feet wide by four feet high and consisting of over 166,000 individual vitreous glass mosaic pieces each. Continue reading Striking Snowbird
Melanie Watts create stunning mosaic murals for a public art project raising awareness of endangered species. Watts has recently created a stunning glass mosaic of an endangered white barn owl for the Gyosei Art Trail on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes. Continue reading Mosaic Movement
Invader is the pseudonym of a French urban artist, whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 8-bit video games. His work is composed of ceramic tile murals installed in urban locations. Continue reading Intrepid Invader
In Santiago, Chile Jorge Campos, A.K.A. Pixel, is taking mosaic street art to a whole new level.
Pixel shares his images of cultural heroes, and riffs on art icons, with the people of Santiago by bringing mosaic art to local neighborhoods. Continue reading Presenting Pixel Power
If the UK has Banksy, Italy has Tiler. This reclusive Genovese street artist’s creations have been popping on the walls of the city for many months. Created from painted tiles, Tiler’s installations have appeared suddenly in many different areas of the port. Continue reading Genovese Graffiti
Paul Portelli was a man who pursued his passions with skill and vigour; be they vintage Spitfires, the Skylon or his retail baby, World’s End Tiles. Continue reading Paul Portelli: A Tribute
Mosaïque Surface’s Odyssée Collection is a stunning, highly curated, collection of made-to-order mosaic patterns inspired by the romance and architecture of Paris. Continue reading Mosaic Odyssey
The Reptile style is pattern; the more of the better. Classic images, such as a modern interpretation of Delft tiles, plus the ever-popular nautical themes, birds and animals are central to the standard portfolio. Continue reading Reptile Romantics
One of the world’s largest glass mosaic murals is mounted on the west-facing wall of Villa Harvey Mandel, a St. Vincent de Paul Village affordable housing complex, in San Diego, California, USA. Continue reading Villa Harvey Mandel
“I specialised in ceramics, finding that there was an immediacy with clay I couldn’t find in other materials. I expect it is something to do with my Indian background.” Lubna Chowdhary Continue reading Hand-made Heirlooms
