Tiles

All delftware and redware tiles are 4×4.” I make individual tiles, murals, and custom tile applications such as fireplace and kitchen surrounds. Contact me for details.

Due to the nature of hand-made ceramics, expect slight variations in design and execution.

Tile, Delft, Potted Floral

Tile, Delft, Herring Boat

Tile, Delft, 2 Masted Ship

Tile, Delft, Tower

Tile, Delft, Windmill

Tile, Delft, Hare and Bug

Tile, Delft, Bird and Bug

Tile, Delft, Butterfly

Tile, Delft, Bird on One Foot

Tile, Delft, Blue Hen

Tile, Delft, Leaping Rabbit

Tile, Delft, Two Birds

Tile, Delft, Geometric

Tile, Delft, Bridge Scene

Tile, Blue and White, Round Floral

Tile, Delft, Round Urn

Tile, Delft, Round Vase

Tile, Delft, Round Tulip

Tile, Delft, Bridge of Flowers Triptych

Tile, Sgraffito, Vine and Leaf

Tile, Sgraffito, Dove

Tile, Sgraffito, Floral

Tile, Sgraffito, Peacock

Tile, Sgraffito, Floral Sprig

Tile, Sgraffito, 3 Tulip

Tile, Sgraffito, Tudor Rose

Tile, Sgraffito, Thistle

This Day in Pottery History

As It Was In The Beginning

Apocalyptic allusions of biblical proportion aren’t ideal introductions to pottery history during, say, a pandemic. This whirlwind discussion instead reminisces on some more charitable – if highly condensed – aspects of human interaction. We begin with the “crooked but interesting” Egyptian Fatamid Caliphate and a curious phenomenon accompanying, even propelling, the diffusion of ceramic traditions […]

Let It Be

“European ceramics were forever indebted to superior Chinese efforts, once exposed to those wonders.” This nugget of received wisdom, initiated by a continent-wide, 200 year long porcelain recipe hunt, permeates the study of European ceramics from roughly the 16th century onward. That perspective even percolated down to the Fine Arts studio ceramics narrative after Bernard […]