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Hand painted decorative tiles and murals - a family tradition since 1919 |
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For decorating kitchen backsplashes, bathroom walls, fireplace surrounds and table tops
In 1919, a group of Armenian ceramic artists from Turkey were invited to Jerusalem and commissioned to renovate the ceramic tiles covering the exterior walls of the Dome of the Rock. One of those ceramic artists was my grandfather, M. Karakashian, who together with his partner, established a pottery in Jerusalem in 1922. Today I hand paint my tiles and pottery in my studio in Jerusalem, at 3 The Greek Patriarchate Street in the Old City, using the same traditional methods he used. I hand paint a variety of tile murals and accent tiles with traditional Armenian designs like peacocks, birds, ornate floral patterns, trees and gazelles, which are used to decorate kitchen walls and backsplashes, bathroom walls, fireplaces, table tops, kitchen counter tops.
How to use hand painted decorative tiles in your kitchen
This is Dolores' hand painted backsplash tile. She chose my Peacock and pomegranate tree tile mural with yellow floral border tiles. The size is 30 x 24 inches. This tile mural is a design of four peacocks in a pomegranate tree hand painted on twelve tiles. You can also have a tile mural which is made up of a repeating pattern. |
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This is the hand painted tile used in this kitchen wall.
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In the picture to the left, one client used the 18 x 18 inch blue and white floral design to create her tile backsplash layout. |
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5 ways to use hand painted decorative tile to decorate your homeThis article explains and gives ideas on how to use hand painted decorative tile to decorate different locations in your home. 1 - One of the most obvious places you can use a hand painted decorative tile is your kitchen backsplash. The 18 inches or more of space between your kitchen cabinets and counter top, is a prime location to install a beautifully designed ceramic tile mural. The kitchen tile mural itself can be as wide as you need, and the height depends on how much space you have. The advantages of using such a kitchen tile mural to decorate your kitchen wall are many, ranging from the practical to the aesthetic. First, you need to tile your backsplash to protect your kitchen wall from heat, moisture, grease stains etc., to which the kitchen wall is subject to... continued with photos Press and testimonials on our hand painted decorative tileNew York Times, 1985 - "Against a cobalt blue background, a mandala-like phoenix in rust brown, pale blue, yellow, green and cream, flexes its wings until the tips nearly touch. Grazing amid long stemmed flowers, a gazelle looks up, perhaps to sniff the air. On one side of an enormous, muted-green and yellow "Tree of Life", a lion falls on a frightened gazelle: on the other, two other gazelles continue to feed serenely. However modest in size, each scene is complete, and thanks to precise design and understated color, meditatively alive..." - More from the article |
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Features of my hand painted tiles:
Hand painted potterySee my selection of hand painted pottery dishes and bowls How is Armenian pottery painted? read and watch video about the process. How to use this site to buy your tiles onlineUse the menu on the left to browse tile categories and to choose your art tiles/themes, and add them to your shopping basket. You can then check out and pay using your credit card. If you have any decorative tile questions, or need assistance with tile mural sizes or kitchen tile questions. please email us. Hagop Karakashian
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