MOTAWI TILE
Located in Ann Arbor, MI, Motawi Tileworks makes handcrafted ceramic tile as art pieces and for residential and commercial installations. First, tile designs are etched into plaster molds. Clay is then pressed into the mold, trimmed and bisque-fired in the kiln. Each tile is glazed by hand and returned to the kiln for a final firing. With the intricate art tiles, Motawi glazers employ the centuries-old Cuenca technique, carefully filling glazes into the “basins” created by thin, raised lines in the clay. They specialize in Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts and Midcentury Modern aesthetics.