The Process

Making tile has a lot of steps to it. Here an artist is paint with glazes on tile that has already been fabricated.

This is the process for encaustic tile. An image is pressed into the surface of the tile and then slip is poured over to fill in the recess of the design. (Slip is liquid clay, in this case also a different colour) and then the top layers of dried slip are scraped away to reveal the raised clay body design. The end result is a tile design made without glazes. Often used for floor tile.

A neat tile mural of an old tile factory.

This is a pug-mill. It grinds up dried clay and turns it back into good clay. That's nice and eco-friendly!

Giant kilns

Glazes change colour after they are fired, so it's important to have colour charts to keep track of what yer painting.

Assembly line artists at Malibu Potteries