Marina’s Art Nouveau-inspired, handmade, ceramic tiles express authentic beauty, design and creativity that give you permission to see your world a little differently. Whether you are renovating an Arts and Crafts bungalow, remodeling a kitchen, bathroom or updating your fireplace, you’ll play an integral role in the design process.
Creating ceramic tiles is an age-old art that transforms slabs of clay into inspired masterworks. Marina uses the ancient technique of "cuerda seca," a cloisonné-inspired method that mimics the look of mosaic, to create tiles with intensely rich ceramic glazes and textures so soft you long to touch each one..
Driven by a passion to re-imagine the ordinary to create the extraordinary, each hand-crafted tile marries Marina’s talent with your taste to create unique backsplashes, mirrors, tables, sinks, living area accents, and standalone art.
“Personal expression is integral to my work. When customers may be choosing between two pieces, I encourage them to select the piece that evokes a feeling or sensation most appealing to them.” ~ Marina
Latest Blog Posts
For the last two weeks the Craft’s Center class has been working on half round bird houses. Some of these, mine included, used as much as 25 lbs. of clay.They are large. The center one, which isn’t finished stands at 24″. We decided to check with the technician to make sure it would fit into Read more...
Here the students are seeing and touching their work for the first time. Learning what density of design worked well, getting familiar with the personalities of the glaze, and seeing which ones need to be applied thinner rather than thicker. Some chemicals puff up the water in the glaze making the application a bit Read more...
Last week we glazed and here are a few of the results.
To all my students, having friends like you does my heart good! Happy Valentine’sDay!!! These pictures are from my Saturday morning class. Two weeks ago I gave them the homework assignment of drawing on at least two of their tiles so that I could teach them how to use the cureda seca technique. The work is Read more...
In the studio this week I’ve been working on the tub surround from the post “Happy New Year”. Luckily I’ve had some help via one of my Saturday morning students who’s very interested in the cured secs glaze technique.
Our gallery features select art tile works in a variety of categories, from tables, sinks and mirrors, to concepts, artwork and artistic tile designs. Click on a category to see the gallery of pieces available for order and purchase.