Design Buy Build Issue 28 2017 | Page 40

British Ceramic Tile Specification launch new product and get collaborative at Clerkenwell Design Week 2017 F or Clerkenwell Design Week comes from working together. Dave will also Hub during the festival don’t worry – you can 2017 British Ceramic Tile has put showed at the CDW venue Platform, in the visit the Seward Street space and see both together a full schedule of events House of Detention. artworks anytime Monday to Friday, as both are staying put, having proved so popular! and commissioned bespoke art- works to celebrate their second year as part In addition, mosaic artist Robert Lally of London’s fastest growing design 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 Brit- portraits and murals using shards of tile. He ish Ceramic Tile Specification ranges, namely has created works for many celebrity athletes Geode Structured Quartz, The Feature Tile and his works have been commissioned by Anthology and in a new direction for the tile the David Lloyd leisure group. 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 that communicated the positivity and joy that If you were unable to visit the BCT London 40 www.britishceramictile.com