Whitewashed rooms don t have to be boring when layers of different materials are involved.
Cle tile white zellige.
It s a prized but dying art.
Zellige has the unique power to transform any space it 39 s in.
All of our styles will have subtle variations due to the handmade nature of cement and zellige tile.
Each tile is made by hand and no two tiles are exactly the same.
Bonus points for the backsplash floor tile coordination.
The white on white kitchen photo courtesy of cle tiles design by zio sons.
To make zellige tiles natural clay is mixed with.
Zia tile is based in los angeles and ships handmade encaustic cement tile and moroccan zellige tile worldwide.
Zellige are the sequins of the tile world imparting their glimmering hand cut goodness to surfaces in need of moroccan magic.
Weathered white zellige 2 x6 x3 4 subway 19 50 sf weathered white zellige 3 5 x4 x3 8 hex 28 50 sf weathered white zellige 4 x4 x3 8.
This product makes up 14 03 pieces per square feet and comes in 90 pieces per box clé has named our classic white zellige tile weathered white that is because even though it is a white terracotta tile of a singular color that color is made up of literally dozens of shades of white including grays creams pinks celadons and even blues.
The clay is kneaded with water moulded by hand dried naturally and fired in a kiln.
I like timeless and zellige is anything but trendy.
These hand chiseled moroccan tiles acquire their coloring from the historic clay body that is a rich terracotta inherently forcing it s hue through the glazes.
That 39 s because it just may be the prima materia of the tile world.
Clé tile has the largest assortment of white tiles including subway terracotta and concrete cement tiles with shapes and sizes to fit any space.
Baked in wood fired kilns loaded with olive pits these glazes feature a rich undulating.
In a recent article remodelista proclaimed zellige tile to be the trendiest tile of 2019 i usually don t care about trends.
Otherwise known as zillij or zellij is the arabic word for tile dating back to the 10th century when this tile making craft began.
The art of making zellige is passed from generation to generation in morocco.
The laborious art of making these luminous variegated tiles has been passed from generation to generation in morocco by master craftsmen called maâlems.
Zellige tiles are traditionally handcrafted with non refined natural clay extracted from the fez region in morocco.
A 12th century poet s villa in st paul de vence restored for modern living photograph by helen cathcart.
Glass enamel is then applied to the surface of the raw tile called biscuit in multiple semi transparent shades creating a pearlescent.
Master craftsmen are called maâlems but even as it s having a resurgence in interiors it.
Here wood paneling and shimmering zellige add tons of exciting texture to this rustic kitchen by zio sons.
Cle s weathered white zellige is a glazed moroccan terracotta made up of 50 shades of white including grays creams pinks celadons and even blues.
Our weathered white is to white glazed.
Moroccan zellige tiles sourced from marseille in la vie en rose.
