The New York Times features clé tiles in a January 2013 feature titled "Tile Echoes of an Ancient Civilization." The collection featured is by Forrest Lesch-Middelton, a potter in Petaluma, Calif., who "makes ceramics that look like the products of an ancient civilization whose people proudly insisted on being buried with their dishware. "The surfaces are mottled, the decorations irregular and the tones earthy siennas and fawns, Mr. Lesch-Middelton invented a technique for transferring …
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Clé in Vogue Magazine July 2013
Clé is featured in Vogue: Editors included the company's tile in a piece titled Summer Punch, noting how "South African artist Ruan Hoffman's background as a painter comes through in his latest collection for clé, the preferred house for artisanal tiles. Certain to brighten any interior, the 25 hand-lithographed geometric designs in the series, Postcards from Myself, come in vivid shades of blue, red, and black. While some tiles bear a resemblance to Matisse's gouaches, others offer a whimsical …
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 …
The Origins Collection Hand Made Ceramic Tile by Forrest Lesch-Middelton
(Sausalito, California)........c l é is proud to introduce the new Origins Collection of ceramic tile by Forrest Lesch-Middelton. A potter in Petaluma, California, Lesch-Middelton brings together a number of firing, forming and silk-screening techniques to create the complex designs and surfaces of his tile. Inspiration for the Origins Collection comes from the sacred geometry and arabesque designs found in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Each tile is hand made individually, and can be …
Erin Adams Designs for New Ravenna Mosaics
Erin Adams is one of today's foremost tile designers, with a career that spans almost twenty-five years. In her work as both artisan and interior designer, Erin infuses sophisticated urban sensibilities with elements of the folk art tradition that surrounded her as a child. Raised in San Antonio, Texas, Erin studied at New York's Pratt School of Art & Design. Her mother, artist Caroline Lee, opened San Antonio's first folk-art/contemporary gallery, Objects, in 1972. As …