Handmade Tile

Author Forrest Lesch-Middelton

Release Date: 2019/09/01

ISBN: 9780760364314

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Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. CHAPTER 1 | THE BASICS
   1. Tile Throughout History
   2. Understanding Tile
   3. Types of Tile
   4. Artist Feature: Boris Aldridge
4. CHAPTER 2 | MAKING TILE
   1. Clay Considerations for Tile
   2. Artist Feature: Bobby Silverman
   3. Rolling Slabs for Tile by Hand
   4. Rolling Slabs for Tile with a Slab Roller
   5. Cutting Clay into Tiles
   6. Extruding Tiles
   7. Making a Tile Mold
   8. Using a Tile Mold
5. CHAPTER 3 | SURFACE: GLAZE, DECORATION, AND FIRING TILE
   1. Surface
   2. Artist Feature: Gordon Bryan, Blue Slide Art Tile
   3. Testing Your Clay and Glazes
   4. Glazing
   5. Applying Glaze
   6. Decorative Ideas
   7. Image Transfer: Printing on Clay
   8. Artist Feature: Susanne Redfield, founder of Kibak Tile
   9. Cuerda Seca (Dry Cord)
   10. Plaster Transfer
   11. Firing
6. CHAPTER 4 | DESIGNING YOUR SPACE
   1. Artist Feature: David Dick and Krista Schrock, DISC Interiors
   2. Understanding Tile in the Context of Your Home
   3. Designing with Tile
   4. Artist Feature: Allison Dehn Bloom
   5. Choosing Your Tile
   6. Measuring a Space for Tile
7. CHAPTER 5 | INSTALLATION
   1. Do it Yourself?
   2. Removing Old Tile
   3. Backing and Preparing the Subfloor
   4. Setting the Tile
   5. Artist Feature: Paul Vyenielo, PV Tile
   6. Grouting your Tile
   7. Final Sealing
8. Recipes
9. Resources
10. Acknowledgments
11. About the Author
12. Index