This piece was recently installed at SafeNet Services, a women’s crisis center in Tulsa, OK. The piece was commissioned by Art Collections, Inc. in Tulsa.
The piece measures 54″ w x 108″ h. It is glazed in cashew, pumpkin, adobe, honey, moss, medium jade and bark.
Tree of Life, handmade, ceramic wall art tile
handmade, ceramic wall art tile by Natalie Blake Studios
Lovely Mural for Texas Restaurant
This piece will be installed in the Cedars Woodfire Grill pizza restaurant in Frisco, TX. We made a similar mural for their Plano, TX location. Stay tuned for installation shots in the next month.
A mural like this is a soothing presence in a restaurant where the atmosphere can seem hustle-bustle, yet the aim is for calm and relaxing. I guess that’s why our Tree of Life is installed in so many hospital settings.
Tree of Life
This mural, 48″ x 48″, glazed in creme, was commissioned by Skyline Art Services for a children’s waiting room for Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX. They chose the piece for its soothing, feminine nature. The subtle, creme color balanced well with the other artwork in the area. Because it’s in a children’s waiting area, the client requested that the tiles be less undulated than typical because they didn’t want any little hands poking their way behind the tiles. The mural is the only dimensional piece in the area
Botanical, glazed in cream
These ceramic wall discs were commissioned by Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH for an outpatient surgery center north of Boston, MA.
We worked with the art consultant to choose tile sizes and colors, using her direction on design and layout.
Ceramic wall discs
Here’s a closeup of one of the discs:
Ceramic wall disc by Natalie Blake Studios
Click on the image to watch a short video of our process:
Making ceramic wall art by Natalie Blake Studios
Thanks to Barbara Markoff, corporate art consultant, Artrageous! San Diego, CA for these photos. She commissioned these wall tiles for a waiting area in a hospital. We worked closed with Barbara to get the right designs and colors for the space. Each mural is 48″ wide x 24″ high.
Natalie Blake tiles installed in hospital waiting room, Artrageous! San Diego, CA
Botanical
Botanical
Botanical
These three murals were commissioned by an art consultant for a hospital installation. The tiles are each 12″ x 12″.
The glazes she chose are: Moss, Apricot, Honey, Blue, Turquoise, Cashew
handmade, sgraffito-carved, ceramic wall tile by Natalie Blake Studios
handmade, sgraffito-carved, ceramic wall tile by Natalie Blake Studios
handmade, sgraffito-carved, ceramic wall tile by Natalie Blake Studios
This piece was commissioned for a hospital lobby. The piece measures 36″ wide by 24″ high. It is glazed in Robin’s Egg, Jade, and Honey, with a touch of Adobe on the center of the flower.
We think it would also make a beautiful backsplash!
Botanical abstract, 12" tiles
This piece was commissioned by Skyline Art Services, Houston, TX for Fort Belvoire army hospital, outside of Washington, DC.
The piece measures 53″ w x 80″ h and is glazed in adobe, honey, persimmon, blue, jade and turquoise
Tree of Life
Thanks to Barbara Markoff for this installation shot. Barbara is an art consultant with Artrageous! out of San Diego. The 8 tiles were installed on a 72″ recessed circular area in a wall off the elevator at Methodist Hospital of Southern CA, Arcadia, CA
Barbara’s quote: “Thanks again for the beautifully executed tiles.”
Wave, installed
Wave, 12" tiles
We’re working on a new piece, a Tree of Life for a hospital installation. Here are the tiles, partially carved.
Carving a tile
Click on the image below to view a short video on our process:
carving a tile video
http://youtu.be/2p6c3KmN1MA
This beautiful Tree of Life was commissioned by Spellman Brady & Co., St. Louis, MO for the SSM Health Care facility in St. Charles, MO
Tree of Life, installed
This piece measures 36″ wide x 48″ high and is comprised of jade, turquoise and blue glazes.
It was commissioned by Spellman Brady & Co, St. Louis MO.
This piece was commissioned by Corporate Artworks, Arlington Heights, IL, for installation at the new Fountaindale Public Library in Boilingbrook, Illinois. The tiles are 14″ square.
Here’s what Corporate Artworks has to say:
“Fountaindale Public Library — Art Program — A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!! Thanks to all you amazing artists who created beautiful works of art!! I so appreciate working with such incredible talent as well as your high level of professionalism! THANK YOU for making my job that much more inspiring and fun. And thank you for the gift of beautiful art to a community who is more than thrilled to have such diverse creativity in their new library!
Fountaindale Public Library installation
Tree of Life, Fountaindale Public Library installation
A restaurant owner in Texas recently commissioned our Tree of Life wall tile mural for their new pizza restaurant. We worked with them on finding the right size mural and the colors that would work best against the wall color they chose. We think it looks great!
Tree of Life, commercial installation
Tree of Life
Live Oak, ceramic wall tiles
In our November 23 blog post we showed an image of this piece in the works. It’s now completed and being installed. Stay tuned for an installation shot.
This piece was commissioned by an architect in Texas for a restaurant in Plano, TX. The client loved the vibrant colors. It will certainly make a big splash!
Tree of Life, abstract, ceramic wall tiles
This 32-tile mural, named “Natalie’s Ceramic Quilt” by the client, will be installed in the Sourtheast Missouri Cancer Center in January.
The art program for the center will play an integral role in the patient experience.The artwork in the center will be “patient journey focused and will allow nature elements to be shared from the outside in and inside out,” according to the art committee in charge of selecting the artwork.
We are pleased that Natalie’s work will be included in the Center’s art program.
Click on the image to enlarge it.
Botanical
This piece will be installed at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. We love the glaze colors.
Abstract Botanical, 14" tiles
An art buyer we’ve worked with in the past recently contacted us. She saw our Live Oak wall mural, consisting of 9, 12″ tiles and thought a larger version would work well for an art installation she was working on. She Photoshopped the image of our Live Oak piece, enlarging it and putting it into an image of the room where it would hang. We all thought it would be great!
Here’s a picture of her piece, carved, drying and awaiting the bisque kiln:
Live Oak, carved, awaiting bisque
Here’s the Photoshopped image. This gives a good idea of how a piece will work in a space.
live oak, Photoshopped
This Tree of Life, ceramic wall tile mural, will be installed in a hospital lobby. The piece measures 46″ x 46″. Our trademark wooden backings will be put on the tiles and security hardware will be attached to these backings.
The glazes used in this piece are: adobe, blue, turquoise, jade, persimmon and honey.
Click here to see more of our Tree of Life designs.
Tree of Life
