Handmade Tile

Design, Create, and Install Custom Tiles

By: Forrest Lesch-Middelton

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Hardcover | 1 October 2019

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Handmade Tile is the contemporary bible for ceramic artists and anyone interested in custom tile installations-from making, designing, and decorating to designing your space and installation.

Whether you're a ceramic artist who wants to make your own tile or someone looking to install custom tile in your home, Handmade Tile is the ultimate contemporary guide.
No matter how many years of experience you have as a ceramic artist or how many home-improvement projects you've tackled, nothing prepares you for the unique world of ceramic tile. From concept and design, through firing and installation, ceramic tiling is one of the few places in a home where art is permanently installed as a feature of a room.

In Handmade Tile, Forrest Lesch-Middleton shares everything he's learned as the founder and owner of the custom tile business FLM Ceramics and Tile. From his years as a one-man operation to his current production facility, Forrest has seen it all and helps you every step of the way. Whether you want to make your own tile, or want to use artistic and custom-made tile in your home, this book has everything you need.

Key features of the book include:

Making Tile: key tools, rolling, cutting, extruding
Designing Tile: shapes, geometry, grids, tessellation, mosaic
Decorating: glazes, majolica, cuerda seca, underglaze, slip, decals
Designing Your Space: tile in context, drawing and drafting, choosing your tile, codes and standards
Installation: removing old tile, backing, preparing surfaces, setting, caring for tile

A contemporary gallery featuring today's top workings artists in tile rounds out the package. Featured artists include Wayne Higby, Anne Currier, Ian Henderson, Mel Griffin, Jim Melchert, and many more.

Whatever your interest in ceramic tile, Handmade Tile has it covered.

Industry Reviews

This book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in handmade ceramic tile, either as a maker or a designer. Forrest generously shares his years of experience gained from both the art and design worlds and covers it all, from detailed making to installation, and all the considerations from start to finish. * Lesley Baker, associate professor, Rhode Island School of Art and Design *
I couldn't be more excited about this book, a tell-all from the master tile maker. I have the privilege of calling Forrest a friend...now I can call him my teacher. In this book, he answered all my questions on how to make tiles. * Paul Blaise, host of The Potters Cast podcast *
To see this process firsthand and understand how Forrest's work as a potter informs the choices he makes in his tile -- from pattern to palette -- has introduced me to a new avenue for artistic collaboration. * Ginny Hautau, owner of Urban Cowgirl Art and Design, Corrales, NM *

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