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tubelined tile studio in us

updated mon 29 oct 01

 

duquella@ARACNET.COM on mon 22 oct 01


Sorry to be a bit late in replying to this thread. I spent the last four days
showing tubelined tile at a trade show.

Kenneth Clark's recipe is a good starting point. It never worked for me but gave
me direction for experimenting.

I create tubelined tile in the traditional way - on bisque tile. Regular slip
didn't work for me but perhaps it was my bisque tile or my slip recipe. I am sure
it is more likely to work if you are tubelining on unfired clay.

It is labor intensive, as has been mentioned, but there is nothing like it.
Molded tile (called cuenca) just doesn't have the same fluid feel to it. I
actually find it quite meditative to produce. I have been creating tubelined tile
for about 8 years so it is no longer a struggle but a smooth flowing movement
totally absorbed in the moment.

If you would like to see my tile, visit my website http://www.tiledecorative.com

Cyra DuQuella
DuQuella Tile & ClayWorks
Portland, OR
duquella@aracnet.com
http://www.tiledecorative.com

Don & June MacDonald on sun 28 oct 01


Thank you very much for sending this note, and for the opportunity to
view this website. Lovely work, hope to see it in person someday! I
can see that it is labour intensive, but the results appear to be very
much worth it.

June from B.C.

duquella@ARACNET.COM wrote:
>
> Sorry to be a bit late in replying to this thread. I spent the last four days
> showing tubelined tile at a trade show.
>
> Kenneth Clark's recipe is a good starting point. It never worked for me but gave
> me direction for experimenting.
>
> I create tubelined tile in the traditional way - on bisque tile. Regular slip
> didn't work for me but perhaps it was my bisque tile or my slip recipe. I am sure
> it is more likely to work if you are tubelining on unfired clay.
>
> It is labor intensive, as has been mentioned, but there is nothing like it.
> Molded tile (called cuenca) just doesn't have the same fluid feel to it. I
> actually find it quite meditative to produce. I have been creating tubelined tile
> for about 8 years so it is no longer a struggle but a smooth flowing movement
> totally absorbed in the moment.
>
> If you would like to see my tile, visit my website http://www.tiledecorative.com
>
> Cyra DuQuella
> DuQuella Tile & ClayWorks
> Portland, OR
> duquella@aracnet.com
> http://www.tiledecorative.com
>
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