| The marriage between fine art tile and high | | | | available furniture pieces that are created |
| end furniture has been a long time coming. | | | | to receive tile are made in a Pacific Rim |
| | | | assembly line. They are unexceptional, with |
| Customized imaging, a process with which you | | | | boxy, uninspired lines. The wells routed out |
| press images on tiles using a heat press, | | | | to receive the tile are never sized properly, |
| specially coated tiles and special dyes, has | | | | often forcing the use of grout to awkwardly |
| generally remained in the realm of Aunt | | | | fill huge gaps on the sides. Additionally, |
| Ethel's photo on a tile ("We Love You Aunt | | | | tile furniture has been relegated to |
| Ethel!") or the local football team on a tile | | | | Walmart's low end patio furniture department. |
| mural. The process itself is rarely used for | | | | |
| fine art. | | | | That's why we've embarked on an unprecedented |
| | | | marriage between custom art tile and fine, |
| Generally speaking, those who sell custom | | | | hand-carved wood furniture, offering a |
| imaged tile and related substrates are not | | | | ground-breaking concept: let the customer |
| artists. The subtleties and skill required | | | | design their own fine furniture down to the |
| for quality tile creation, such as formidable | | | | leg, frame and cockbead, stain, finish and |
| digital art skills like designing from | | | | embedded art tile.From hand-carved armoires |
| scratch, retouching, airbrushing, cropping, | | | | to luscious end tables to heirloom-worthy |
| etc., are the exception rather than the rule. | | | | coffee tables, The Painted Forest has |
| | | | succeeded in taking both tile and fine |
| When my husband and I opened our art tile | | | | furniture to a brand new level, something |
| company, we were intent on changing that | | | | only fine art custom imaged tile could have |
| tradition. Our numerous galleries of original | | | | achieved. |
| art have succeeded in giving art-appreciating | | | | |
| tile customers a formidable selection from | | | | As far as Aunt Ethel goes, there are always |
| which to choose, not to mention an unheard-of | | | | going to be hundreds of people who can slap |
| option: custom, "from-scratch" design. | | | | her photo on a tile. But the China Cabinet |
| | | | it's displayed on---the one with the art |
| What has also remained elusive was putting | | | | nouveau stained glass parabolas artfully |
| that custom imaged fine art tile on high end | | | | embedded in the cabinet doors--- is a |
| wood furniture. That option has never | | | | different story altogether. |
| existed anywhere, because the very few | | | | |