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
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