Decorative Tiles with a touch of Nature

regina kirby - Oct. 17, 2007

I LOVE IT, I WISH I KNEW HOW YOU MADE THESE, OR WHERE YOU GET THE MOLDS. I WANT THE STAR FISH TILES FOR OUR RESTROOM. THIS IS JUST WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

regina kirby - Oct. 17, 2007

How would one purchase such wonderful Tiles?

Iwould like to see a fish looking up at you as the water looks like its rippling! Like you walking on a pond! With leaves and other wonderful thinds you find in ponds!

Marites Bino - Nov. 20, 2007

WOW! it's absolutely beautiful and fantastic.

Can u give us a hint or idea of the materials that been used to produce such kind of glassy-like tiles.Is it like embeding?

snowbird - Jan. 4, 2008

This has got to be lucite!! absolutely stunning!! I would use these in every one of my home..all matching my decor of course!!

Anonymous - Jan. 18, 2008

very beautiful.

patricia - Jan. 19, 2008

Utiliser un animal à des fins décoratives?

Ethiquement, c'est lamentable....

Et si vous réfléchissiez comme il convient de le faire à une époque où la dérive de la terre est l'affaire de chacun?

Huiswerk - Jan. 19, 2008

Are these tiles from plastic or glass?

Smakkie - Jan. 19, 2008

I think they used acryl (perspex) for these tiles. First a bit of molten acrylic polymer is poured into a mold to form a thin layer. When the layer is hard, the objects are placed on it and the mold is topped off with more acryl. This requires quite some manual labour, so, I think the tiles will be quite expensive.

Jesse - Jan. 19, 2008

If you follow the link to their website, the product explanation says that they are resin. Absolutely beautiful! So, as Smakkie said, they probably do a thin coat of Acrylic resin, set the items in, then fill it up and trim. There are plastic molds you can buy to do resin projects in, and they pop out after. With a lot of time and work you could make your own tiles like this, but with a good amount of money you could simply buy them from them. Wonderful tiles.

C - Jan. 20, 2008

where can i get these from?

Alnitak - Feb. 5, 2008

Gorgeous! Infinitely entertaining. I think it is Epoxy Resin, and is the same process used in the making of certain type of jewelry.

heba - Mar. 11, 2008

actually i'm impressed I hope I can buy all of them

very beautiful

Fyque - Jun. 4, 2008

Amazing!!

that's so cool.

As a design student i wish if i could do that myself ...

i will try ..

thanks.

E. Michael Martin - Jul. 14, 2008

I think these are incredibly trendy... having them would date a house, and therefore decrease value over time.

Phantasma - Aug. 11, 2008

These are one of the most amazing tiles I have come across. Taking an imprint of nature on tiles. That makes me wonder if they are for real or they are software made.

Would also like to know about their availability in India and affordability.

dddd - Aug. 18, 2008

E. Michael Martin, if you think about it these tiles are doing what tree sap did to insects thousands of years ago, preserving the past for the future. so say you had these in your house and for some reason your city is abandoned and covered over my debris and sediment. some archaeologist might dig up your house one day and find these opening new insight into our lives. this of course will happen way after all information is lost and civilization is refounded probably thousands of years from now.

Propecia - Aug. 19, 2008

oh wow, these are nice!

not C - Aug. 26, 2008

Some people are just stupid, there is a fucking link at the beginning of the post... sigh

Elaine B. - Sep. 7, 2008

As always Thomas, wonderful article!

Dawn - Sep. 14, 2008

Wow these are beautiful. I never had much luck with resin myself-I blame it on the humid climate here.