Index

A

Absorption test, 86

Accent tile, 23, 28

Adhesive, 24

Aldridge, Boris, 31

American Encaustic Tiling Company (Zanesville, Ohio), 17

Architectural terra-cotta, 29

Architectural tile makers, 19

Artists, 19

B

Back buttering, 23

Bagged clay, 38, 41

Base layer or backing, 23

Bath tile, 135

Beall, Barbara Vantrease, 109

Block forms, cutting clay with, 54, 56, 60

Bloom, Allison Dehn, 145

Bone-dry clay, 39

Brick tiles, Elamite, 14

Bryan, Gordon, 81

Building codes and standards, 138

Bullnose tile, 23

Buttering, 23

C

Caulking, 23

Ceramic tile, about, 23, 26

Chocolate hard clay, 39

Clay

basics, 35

firing, 122, 124

recipes, 198

recycling scraps, 61

unfired, 36

Clay dust, 39

Codes and standards, 138

Cottle boards, making, 73

Country Floors, 109

Cuerda seca technique

glazing, 115, 117

printing images, 115

recipe, 100

tools and materials, 112

Cure/cured/curing, defining, 23

Cutting clay

with block form, 54, 56, 60

by hand, 54, 56

with tile cutter, 54, 56, 58

D

Daltile, 110

Decorative ideas

decorative slips, 99

in-glaze, 101

overglazes (on-glaze), 98

underglazes, 100

Decorative slips, 99

Delft tile, 17

Designing

basic principles, 152

contemporary vs. traditional design, 146

do-it-yourself, 128

working with professionals, 142

Dipping glazes, 91

DISC Interiors, 131

“Dry cord” technique

glazing, 115, 117

printing images, 115

recipe, 100

tools and materials, 112

Drywall, 48

E

Elamite brick tiles, 14

Electric kilns, 127

Epoxy, 23

Epoxy grout, 23

European Ceramic Workcentre, 20

Extruding tiles, 62

F

Faience tile, 17

Field tile, 23, 27

Fireplace and hearth tile, 138

Firing clay

cooling, 126

kilns and temperatures for, 125

stacking, 122, 124

Floating, 23

Floats, 23

Floor tile, 23, 134, 136

G

Gas kilns, 127

Glazed tile, 24, 79

Glazes

commercial, 88

cuerda seca (“dry cord”) technique and, 112, 117

homemade, 89

in-glaze, 101

overglaze (on-glaze), 98

recipes, 198

underglaze, 100

Glazes, applying

about, 90

dipping, 91

painting on, 93

pouring, 92

splashing, 92

spraying, 96

Golden age of tile, 16

Grout

applying, 192

described, 24

epoxy, 23

sealing prior to applying, 189

standard and consistency, 189

tools and materials, 188

H

Handmade tile, defining, 21

Hardness test, 86

Hearth tile, 138

History of tile

contemporary handmade tile, 18

before early twentieth century, 14

globalized trade and, 134

I

Image transfers by printing

recipes for printing media, 199

setting up print, 104

tools and materials, 103

transferring, 106

Impervious, defining, 24

In-glaze, 101

Installation

about, 169

backing and preparing subfloor, 172

final sealing, 194

nonpermanent, 139

removing old tile, 170

See also Grout; Setting tile

Ishtar Gate, Babylon, 16

Islamic architectural tiles, 16

Iznik (Northern Turkey), 16

K

Kaneko, Jun, 109

Kibak tile, 109

Kilns

cooling, 1126

firing temperatures, 125

types, 127

Kitchen tile, 135

Kneedler, Dorothy, 109

Kneedler-Fauchere, 109

Kohler, Herb, 110

Kohler artist-in-residence program, 20

L

Latex resists, 95

Lawenda, Harry, 109

Leather hard clay, 38

M

Maallem, 158

Maiolica in-glaze, 17

Moisture, importance of, 41

Molds

making, 65

using, 71

Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (Doylestown, Pennsylvania), 17

N

Nomenclature, 23

Nonpermanent installations, 139

Notched trowels, 24

O

Outdoor tile, 134, 137

Overglazes (on-glaze), 98

P

Painting glazes on, 93

Plaster, 70

Plaster transfers, 118, 120

Pointers, 24

Porcelain tile, 24, 26

Pounding method of rolling slabs, 46

Pouring glazes, 92

Printing blankets, 53

Printing using image transfers

recipes for printing media, 199

setting up print, 104

tools and materials, 103

transferring, 106

Q

Quarry tile, 24, 136

R

Recycling scraps, 61

Resists, 95

Resources, 200

Rolling method of rolling slabs, 47

Roofing, 134

S

Sacks, Ann, 110

Sealer, 24

Setting tile

cutting tile, 184

defining, 24

laying tile, 181

mapping layout, 178

perimeter tile, 184

spreading mortar, 179

tools and mats, 176

“Silver mars,” 86

Silverman, Bobby, 43

Skinning buildings, 134

Slab rolling

with printing blanket, 53

with slab roller, 49

Slab rolling, hand methods

about, 44, 46

pounding, 46

rolling, 47

stretching, 46

Slip clay, 37

Slip recipes, 198

Space, designing, 128

Spacers, 24

Splashing glazes, 92

Spraying glazes, 96

Stoneware tile, about, 26

Stretching method of rolling slabs, 46

Subfloors, backing and preparing for installation, 172

Substrate, 24

Surface treatment

glazed, 77

unglazed, 78

T

Taccogna, Gemma, 109

Terminology, 23

Terra-cotta

about, 24, 26

as architectural tile, 29

Test bars, 85

Tests

absorption, 86

hardness, 86

Tile

adhesive for, 24

defining, 23

purchasing

aesthetics, 151

comfort, 156

durability, 155

location, 150

measuring space, 160

price, 150

sealer for, 24

types of, 23, 24, 25

Tile cutters, cutting clay using, 54, 56, 58

Tile muralists, 19

Trim tile, 24, 28

Trowels, 24

U

Underglazes, 100

Unfired clay

green strength, 36

stages, 37

Unglazed tile, 24, 80

V

Vitrified tile, 24

Vyenielo, Paul, 187

W

Wall hangings, setting, 196

Water, removal of, 41

Wax resists, 95

Wet clay, 38

Woodman, Betty, 109

Z

Zellige tile, 158