It is invigorating to work and share with a couple this energetic and spirited.Their positive outlook bonds well with our creative spirit and their generous feedback and compliments drive us forth in this awesome country of ours!

This type of ceramic tile project belies it simplicity, to research the theme and fit it to the personalities took weeks of research, more to produce and reproduce, and even more to hand paint and repaint!  Soon we will open certain web pages by invitation only, these pages will show the time line and all that goes right and wrong during the run up to the deadline. These pages will give the clients some insight into the complexities and curve ball thrown at us during the design and production of ceramic clayart like these.

The panel above showcase Christa’s beloved Hantam with the Calvinia mountains in the background. The images portray many of her nostalgic memories, her grandparents that were “karrietjies mense”, that is the sheep shearers that travel from farm to farm, the adults dancing, the clothing of a bygone year, the games the kids used to play, etc….

Blue Le Creuset pots were used to accentuate the blues in the panels, and the Le Creuset kettle invites friends to linger longer. The Smeg stoves and Braai’s stainless steel surfaces compliment the blues and adds just enough of a contemporary look. The bulky blue Smeg fridges adds drama with its larger surfaces of blue as well as something quirky. The blues mirror the large expances of sky outside and this all add to the positive mood around this environment!

This is where Trevor grew up, Steynsburg, with “Teebus and Koffiebus”in the background.

The dates they left were incorporated on the number plates of the carts and  painted on tiles used at a fireplace.

Bright red were used to extemporize some  tiles used randomly around the kitchen.

The website will be updated in the nearfuture with the full portfoilio of the kitchen seen before and afterwards, fresh, new and revived!

Call us now to revive your kitchen or patio!

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Sim completed these mugs lately, and what an education it is, with each mug telling a soccer story. This will be a great gift to any soccer mad visitor to South Africa in 2010!

This “corner” kick will deliver a Goal!

And Oh, THE GAME PLAN!, the strategic thinking needed for a winning team.

And the WINNER is….?!

The 2010 Soccer World Cup is stimulating creative juices like never seen before!

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I am in the process developing new mat colours to be used in a floor mixed with some jewel like glassy green tiles. A checkerboard pattern with 100 x 100mm mat tiles and a border with a Mediterranean feel using 150 x 50mm tiles will be used for this bathroom’s floor tiles.

In the image you can view different tiles, some extruded, others moulded and some pressed. Presently I am doing the R&D to comply with this floor tile brief with the aim of creating a slight breakup of colour in this very stiff mat glazes.

These magnificent floor tiles used in combination with modern bathroom appliances will be  a perfect match to feature and compliment the Contemporary Colonial design elements.

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Nick Graham, a passionate garagiste, with his own vineyard at Bantry Bay, commissioned this handmade tile panel to blend with his interior design vision.

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These lovely greens will inspire most of us to revamp our environment. I hope to photograph this kitchen in the next month or so… and like you, I can not wait … always the long wait and the scheduling to view the installation, BUT it will be worth the wait!

Dream, dream, dream …. treasure green!

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At the studio the Family rules and we and our clients must obey, … we have to…

The Big Girl is watching ….

Kira the Rhodesian Ridgeback and Camille a Bouvier are the owners that boss the studio around, and BEWARE, because they DO!

But sharing all our activities, well I do not swim with Camille in the pond, creates one happy family and a successful ceramic design studio!!

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Limoncello kitchen was designed around a clear brief, white and intense blue hand made tiles, with the main back splash behind the stove a hand made tile panel with a lemon and leave image. The other images used are hand painted olives, lavender, lemons, olives and bicycles, all of them relating to a Italian or Mediterranean atmosphere.

In this kitchen  overlooking the sea at Bantry Bay near Clifton many a nostalgic memory will be experienced.

The image is of some of the tiles before dispatch and I hope to receive images of this installation soon!

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Can you imagine this bathroom, with a richly patterned Moroccan design on a glossy tile as a border and mat tiles with a checkerboard design creating a rich and engaging carpet design? The mat tiles will be a cream and a pomegranate combination contrasting the cool turquoise blues of the sea vistas from Fresnay in Cape Town.

View this link to see similar tiles.

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Our latest commission with a Moroccan flair is taking  shape and will soon be dispatched for installation at Benguerra Villas in Mozambique.

Thousands of little tiles are packed on templates, to confirm the fit with the architectural drawings, and then parceled with supplied documentation and diagrams for the developer and his contractors.

Each villa has it’s own colour scheme, one with brighter greens and the other with more smudgy tones of greens.

Working with a professional Interior Design Team, with the capacity to make decisions quickly and decisively, makes this an exciting project to develop and produce.

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This always popular panels are customized and produced according to the brief that you the client provide us. Any group of words, wines, cheeses, cakes, etc. etc. can be provided and our designers will flabbergast you with the results. We can add images as another visual element if required.

And some feedback!

Hi Gerrit,

I’ve been meaning to drop you a line, but the end of year rush has been hectic!

We are thrilled with our herb tile panel, it has enhanced our new kitchen considerably and the entire process went very smoothly. The service that you and Gillian provided was top class, and I must thank you both  for all that you did for us. We needed to get our panel up to Joburg urgently, and you did this well within the expected time period (we didn’t pay the premium price for quicker delivery).

A few of the tiles were broken upon arrival, but fortunately, none of the name tiles were affected. We put the broken plain tiles behind the extractor and we patched up the broken border tiles as best as we could. The panel looks great, and we have had many compliments made about how lovely it looks. The tiles were installed by our kitchen architect and builder (Rade Jovic 0824125828) and his men and it all happened very quickly.

I wish you well in the future, and I will buy from you again! I will take a picture of our installation shortly, and I’ll e-mail it to you.

Regards. Craig

We produce these panels in duplicate, just in case something goes wrong, and I informed Craig that did he notified us of the breakages we could have replaced the tiles within 48 hours from Hermanus to Johannesburg … at our cost.

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