British Ceramic Tile Specification launch
new product and get collaborative at
Clerkenwell Design Week 2017
F
or Clerkenwell Design Week that communicated the positivity and joy that If you were unable to visit the BCT London
2017 British Ceramic Tile has comes from working together. Dave will also Hub during the festival don’t worry – you can
put together a full schedule of showed at the CDW venue Platform, in the visit the Seward Street space and see both
events and commissioned bespoke House of Detention. artworks anytime Monday to Friday, as both
are staying put, having proved so popular!
artworks to celebrate their second year as
part of London’s fastest growing design In addition, mosaic artist Robert Lally
festival. created a bespoke piece, dedicated to the
immediate area of Clerkenwell. Robert works
Amongst the various pieces of special art with ceramic and glass to create incredible
created for the fair are new additions to portraits and murals using shards of tile. He
British Ceramic Tile Specification ranges, has created works for many celebrity athletes
namely Geode Structured Quartz, The and his works have been commissioned by
Feature Tile Anthology and in a new direction the David Lloyd leisure group.
for the tile manufacturer Reclaimed Wood.
On Thursday morning BCT Spec hosted a
The Feature Tile Anthology
glass tile design workshop, talking a group of
enthusiasts through the process of creating
British Ceramic Tile pride themselves not textured glass tiles. The group, who had
only on being the No.1 manufacturer of booked their places on the very popular
ceramic and glass tiles in the UK, but also on workshop, got their hands dirty, carving their
their obsessive focus on supporting clients own designs into tile ‘biscuits’ to be fired
on projects. This is all about collaboration. into coloured glass by British Ceramic Tile
Dave Hughes pieced together, brick by brick, Specifications expert technicians.
a large sculpture using 12,000 LEGO bricks
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