(Exmore, Virginia)........New Ravenna Mosaics is proud to introduce the new Delft Collection in a blue and white palette of jewel glass. Dutch Deltfware was inspired by Chinese porcelain which was brought to the Netherlands by the United Dutch East India Company in 1620. Emulating the crisp and vibrant color combinations, the Dutch potters covered their earthenware pottery in a white tin glaze and used a cobalt, a metal oxide pigment, to add decorative motifs of daily …
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Global Lighting Presents Jacco Maris Designs in Delft
Mt. Vernon, New York........Dutch designer Jacco Maris has collaborated with artists Frank De Wit and Ben Quaedvl to create a Delft version of his stainless steel Montone chandelier. The artists hand paint traditional Delft patterns on the strips of metal which have been powdercoated in white. The entire light is created by hand in the Jacco Maris studio located in Breda, the Netherlands. The Montone chandelier is available in oval, round and triangular shapes. It is the triangular shape that …
Shades of Abundance: Handmade Tile and Mosaic
The color green is often considered a harbinger of spring and renewal. It is in abundance in this new collection. Victoria Redshaw, managing director of Scarlet Opus, the British trend forecasting agency, offers her distinctive opinion. "Absinthe Emerald is the perfect shade of green for 2013. The color summons up a secretive mood and a dark, languid atmosphere. There is a slightly risqué undertone which draws us into the seductive darkness to reveal opulence and charm in equal measure. This …
New Ravenna Mosaics Introduces the Miraflores Collection by Paul Schatz
(Exmore, Virginia)........New Ravenna Mosaics is proud to introduce the Miraflores Collection by Paul Schatz. The collection of eighteen mosaic designs was inspired by award winning interior designer Paul Schatz's travels throughout the Latin countries of Spain, Portugal and Mexico, combined with his passion for Morocco and studies of Islamic geometric art. The hand crafted mosaics are complex abstractions of classic motifs. Miraflores, which means "to watch flowers" in Spanish, has a storied …
Global Lighting Introduces the Jacco Maris Collection Handmade Dutch Design
Mt. Vernon, New York........Global Lighting is proud to introduce Jacco Maris lighting to the United States and Canada. The collection, which is designed by Jacco Maris and handmade in The Netherlands, consists of five lights made from steel, brass, copper, iron, and sand casted aluminum. The lights are characterized by Maris's devotion to material before form. Regular forays to the local scrapyard inspire the designer with discoveries of twisted metal, industrial hose and odd fragments. The …