Southern Art Ceramics

The Dream Pool with Handpainted Horses and Rich Blue Tiles with Table Mountain as a Backdrop!

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:21:31 +0000

At last the installed panels of the Unicorns at this pool in a wondrous setting near Kitstenbosch in Cape Town.

For detailed images be so kind to view this link.

The reflections add to the ultimate surprise and enhance the playfulness of the whole design!

It was a bit to cold for us to swim, but just imagine the feeling when swimming towards these Unicorns on a warm summers day!

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myTILE Tileart Products are For Sale at Etsy a Premier Handmade Portal

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:45:47 +0000

Hot Foot to Etsy!

Be so kind to visit Etsy if you wish to buy our tileart online.

Due to the fact that PayPal is not available for use by South African businesses we have opted for Setcom as a secure payment vehicle.
On receiving your order we will forward a unique URL to you, directing you to a page where you will find the payment button. By clicking the Buy Now Button you will need to “log in” at the encrypted and secure Setcom portal where you will find your order details.
As soon as we receive confirmation of your payment via VISA or MasterCard the order will be processed and dispatched.

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Peter Kroll Designer Tiles a Tile Manufacturing Plant and Business located in Johannesburg South Africa is For Sale

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:18:00 +0000

Important Press Release and Notification for the Sale of Business:

Peter Kroll Designer Tiles has stopped its manufacturing operation.

We have a large stock of tiles for sale of different sizes, shapes and colours. These are stored at our home address: 51 Oak Ave, Linbro Park A.H. (click on “contact us” for direction map).
Price per carton is reduced from R700 to R300 irrespective of colour, size or grade. Further discounts apply for bulk quantities.

Also for sale is our HYMAX switchboard, sundry office furniture and the entire plant & equipment which was used in the ceramic tile manufacturing process.
Photos are displayed on our web page:http://www.peterkrolltiles.co.za/factory/
Everything is on show at 51 Oak Avenue.

Price is R850,000 neg. Please phone for appointment.

Also for sale are our 2 companies

PETER KROLL DESIGNER TILES CC and PETER KROLL TILES (PTY) LTD as well as intellectual property i.e our unrivalled glaze recipies.
The name of Peter Kroll Tiles is legendary In South Africa and is a powerful marketing tool.

Please phone prior to arrival. Contact us at:

Tina Kroll at 082- 828 6202 or
Rob Cochrane at 072 -878 7467
Landline : 011- 608 1641

http://www.peterkrolltiles.co.za/index.htm
tina@peterkrolltiles.co.za

Some Images of the Plant Machinery that is For Sale

http://www.peterkrolltiles.co.za/index.htm
tina@peterkrolltiles.co.za

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Our Latest Classic Kitchen with Handpainted Roosters on Handmade Tiles in Plettenberg Bay.

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:33:58 +0000

Here is some images of a kitchen with all details confirmed by e-mail. The process used to commission this panel can be viewed by registered clients on our website under Custom Kitchens.

Testimonial No.11

Hi Gerrit,

The tile panel was installed this week. We are absolutely delighted.

Sally will reply to your email.
Many thanks
David

Dear Gerrit and Gillian,

I am sorry you beat me to it, as I had every intention of telling you the tiles are eventually up! This only happened on Friday, so very few people have seen them, but both David and I and the lady who is painting the kitchen for us are delighted and they look as good, if not better, than the photographs you sent us by e.mail.

David and I so enjoyed meeting you at the factory in Hermanus and seeing all the beautiful tiles you create. Although we had an idea what we wanted it was only with your expertise that it all came together.

Although we collected the tiles from you some weeks ago in Cape Town, I only unpacked them and laid them out last week, as I was apprehensive that they might get broken. None were broken because of your excellent packing, so now our lovely plaque is up on the wall above the hob.

As soon as the kitchen is complete I will take a photograph and send it to you.

Thank you for all your hard work. We much appreciate what you have created. We hope to see you again soon.

Yours sincerely,

Sally Milton

Working with appreciative clients like the Miltons are always a pleasure.

I can not wait to show you some of our new endeavours, but that is for a next post!

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Ceramic Art as Tile Cladding for a Concrete Column.

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:08:47 +0000

At present I am doing a considerable amount of R&D regarding composite ceramic pieces and tactile mediums for the use as expressive vehicles during the creative process.

I have a dream to express myself in life size sculptural pieces. As a student it was the monumental, larger than life, possibilities that attracted my attention. To work on large ceramic pieces are a costly affair and demand thorough planning and excecution!

” The Layers of Age”

This piece, especially the surface, is not about “building up” but more about the “braking down” of the physical powers of man. The eyes are the keys to our past memories of youth and past experiences, and you might share in the desperation or wisdom captured in the old man’s eyes?

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A Ceramic Face Diving Down into the Deep Blue.

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Faces come into meaning while making the object but during the decoration and firing process it takes on a life of its own.

I suppose one can turn the face around and just imagine a girl taking a cold shower!

With my first dive from a high platform into the pool as a young boy I experienced shock when I touched the water,… where did my breath go?,… and the panic while scrambling up to the surface for air, will for ever stay with me!

These memories are recalled while viewing this face and was not part of the thought process while creating the face…or was it?

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Have you seen this Red Ceramic Bicycle in Amsterdam?

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:39 +0000

At the moment this ceramic bicycle is just ornamental and mostly decorative but this is part of a bigger picture. In due course images like this will be blended into art panels telling stories that most of us can relate with.

As a child I recall memories; of fear - cycling my first bike, of happiness - receiving each bicycle, of loss - when my first “big” bicycle was stolen, of adventure - exploring the far away and big unknown…..

As an adult the bicycles dumped in the chanels of Amsterdam, locked and left for ever on the rails next to the chanels, rusted , discarded, damaged…will amuse me forever! Sad, in a way, that this tool with wheels that we all used to take us places, to shop, to visit loved ones,…could be forgotten and neglected at the drop of a coin.

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Charming but Modern Farm Animals on Chunky Handmade Tiles for a Country Kitchen with a Contemporary Edge!

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:25:34 +0000

Stunning new kitchen tiles with a contemporary edge can now be commissioned to match your dream kitchen. A country style kitchen will never be the same with these tiles delicately hand painted with nostalgic farm animals.

For a more extroverted kitchen add a splash of colour and surprise your guests!

I can think of many images that could work with this style… different pots, veggies, utensils, figures….

Do you have any suggestions?

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Realism in Ceramic Art Tiles - A Farmer’s Wool Sheep Comes Alive!

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:04:33 +0000

Hele was commissioned to hand paint this sheep, as a gift to a prominent wool farmer.

Is it not amazing how she could replicate the waxiness of the wool? The eyes glitter with life and it might just step from the frame of the arttile!

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A New Housename on Carved Ceramic Tiles With Seagulls On A Blue Background

Gerrit Oosthuizen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:18:15 +0000

Pat Reid commissioned this panel for her beach house. With the first attempt we used terracotta with pressed seagulls as a one piece tile. This tile was left drying over a period of 8 weeks but cracked after the bisque fire.

With the second attempt we used 4 porcelain tiles, opting to carve the designs into the clay instead of pressing it as in the terracotta example.

I shall add a photo of the final installation to show why Pat is so proud of her house name.

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