Isaiah Zagar’s magnum opus is his vast and visionary mosaic environment, The Magic Gardens of South Philadelphia. Here Zagar covered the interior and exterior walls, ceilings, and floors of nearly half a block with mosaic to create what is, in effect, an overwhelming and inspiring 40 year personal diary. Continue reading Philadelphia’s Philanthropist
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
In Stone Pit and Edenrock, Isla Tiles have created porcelain tile ranges in which the original inspiration – natural stone – is multiplied into four different colourways for each collection. Continue reading Stone Solidity
The technology exists to make semi-transparent, photoluminescent, tiles that can be artificially backlit or lit be the sun’s rays. Continue reading Bathed In Light
What is being billed as the largest glass mosaic mural in the world has been installed Caracas, Venezuela by Mateo Manaure. Continue reading Maestro Mateo Manaure
Kenneth Clark was a superb colourist, part artist, part alchemist; a clear-sighted designer, and virtually single-handedly reinvented the form and function of tiles for modern times. Continue reading Kenneth Clark: An Appreciation
British artist Clare Woods spent two years creating two major mural installations, Brick Field and Carpenter’s Curve, in the 2012 Olympic Park in London. Continue reading Mural Masterpieces
