Materiales Artesanales : Stone & Terracota

On this occasion we presented a work to recover a very antict terracotta floor in very poor condition. The house was very old and located in Alhaurín el Grande (Malaga). The owners had reformed it completely and had decided to keep the original terracotta floor with more than 100 years old. The problem was that you see the previous owner, apply a cover together in an unorthodox way and covering the entire floor with cement globs everywhere; so and the ground was in pretty bad condition. Only one of the rooms had completely changed the floor for a completely new one. Taking all this into account and after a hard work of cleaning phase , we get a good result leaving customers very satisfied and getting to recover to a great extent the beauty of a clay with more than 100 years old. Here we present a summary of the work with the different stages undertaken. INITIAL STATE TERRACOTTA FLOOR AFTER CLEANING PHASE FINAL RESULT AFTER APPLICATION OF I...

Ceramic tiles earthenware dating from the ninth century BC Babylon The Romans used abundantly terracotapara tile floors, but the technique was dormant until the thirteenth century when re introduced in the Iberian Peninsula at the hands of the Arabs. There were used to create dazzling geometric designs on the floors and walls of the royal palaces and mosques. The typical format tiles handmade terracotta was a square of 25 cm side. With industrialization uniform options such as unglazed tiles replaced the handmade. Very recently, the renewed interest in natural forms and authentic decor has recovered crafting, a fact that explains the original ancient examples have increasing demand. From Craft Materials and through our factory, we offer the widest range of handmade mud. Two colors to choose: Pink terracotta floors : With a more uniform and smooth surface and an orange hue is ideal for customers who want the aesthetics of craft clay, but with a less rustic finish Reddi...