Clé in featured in C Magazine in the San Francisco What's Hot Gift Guide. The editors note: "The members-only Battery in Jackson Square is fully charged with black and white finds for the modern mogul." The mix of luxury products include Clé iPhone case for $35. View the Full Article PDF Please note: the iPhone cases are occasionally out of stock so check with the company to see if they are available. C Magazine bills itself as the "Golden State's Lifestyle magazine," and …
The Art of Mosaic Design: A Collection of Contemporary Artists
The Art of Mosaic Design Introduction: Mosaic design is a fascinating art based on paradoxes that must be embraced. Among these are the pieces, multiple objects of simplicity fused into a singular, complex wholeness; the irregularity that springs from deliberation;and more often than not, the creation that is wrought from destruction.Such paradoxes are put into context by the mosaicist when the principles of other visual arts are applied. By shaping tesserae like a sculptor, choosing colors …
Radiant Mosaics Designed by Erin Adams for New Ravenna
(Exmore, Virginia)..... Pantone has announced their 2014 color of the year, and the magical hue called Radiant Orchid can be found in several of the mosaics that Erin Adams has designed for New Ravenna. The Erin Adams Collection has three designs which include this vibrant shade of purple: Daisies, Kente and Flowers. In each jewel glass mosaic Adams has used deeper colors as contrast to the vivid hue. Sara Baldwin founder and creative director of New Ravenna Mosaics says, "Erin Adams is …
Clé in New York Times: Tiles Soaking Up the Local Color
The New York Times features Deborah Osborn in a roundup of tiles titled "Tiles Soaking Up the Local Color." The editors note, "Deborah Osburn began making colorful tiles to brighten up a mostly beige-dominated industry nearly 30 years ago. And though in recent years she has been selling other artists’ designs, she has returned to her creative roots with the Watermark Collection for Clé, her artisan tile company. Inspired by Japanese techniques, she produced the ombré-stained tiles by placing …
Alfonso Architects Awarded the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
(Tampa, FL)......Alfonso Architects has been awarded the building project for the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, MAACM, to be built in St. Petersburg, FL, for collector Rudy Ciccarello and the Two Red Roses Foundation (TRRF). Alberto Alfonso, AIA, will be the lead architect on the 90,000-sq.-ft. museum, which is scheduled to open in early 2016. The four-story museum will include galleries to exhibit hundreds of objects from Ciccarello's fine and decorative arts collection, as …