Ng Chi Ying on mon 26 oct 98
What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these tiles ?
Ng Chi Ying on sun 1 nov 98
No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
with me what are thses tiles ?
>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
>
>Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
>you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
>to be forwarded .
>
>Thanks.
>
>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
>> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
>> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
tiles ?
>>
>
>
>
Marcia Selsor on mon 2 nov 98
Dear Ng Chi Ying,
Look up the American Encaustic Tile Company. They were in Zanesville,
Ohio and are part of the pre-NCECA tour in March. These tiles can be
found in the 1885 building in DC, the Smithsonian Museum of Architecture
formerly the Pension Building.
The encaustic tiles in the Capital Building wings were imported from
London's Minton Tile Co. Also in London in the Wesmister Abbey Chapter
House, the floor tiles are medieval inlaid with great patterns and styles
from that period.
The colors are colored clay and fired in either inlaid or solid patterns.
"Encaustic" refers to heated treated. I am not sure what this term has
derived to indicate in contemporary art materials except that it seems
to mean melting wax.(?)-some much for the evolution of terms.
Marcia in Montana
Ng Chi Ying wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
> with me what are thses tiles ?
>
> >On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
> >
> >Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
> >you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
> >to be forwarded .
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
> >
> >> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
> >> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
> >> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
> tiles ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
gail sheffield on mon 2 nov 98
According to Janis Fanning and Mike Jones, in Handcrafted Ceramic Tiles
(Sterling Publishing Co., NY, 1998), encaustic tiles, found on medieval =
floors
in Europe, are made with =22a special inlaying technique imported from =
Egypt.=22 In
Old English Tile Designs, edited by Carol Belanger Grafton, (Dover =
Publications,
NY, 1985) the Publishers note states that they used =22wooden blocks cut in=
high
relief to stamp the designs onto the surface of slabs of clay air-dried to
leather hardness. . . . The recesses imprinted . . . were filled in with
lequid clay of a contrasting color, and then the excess slip was scraped =
away,
resulting in an inlaid pattern.=22 The Fanning and Jones book gives =
instructions
for recreating this technique using modern materials.
Gail Sheffield
gsheffield=40i-55.com
James Blossom on mon 2 nov 98
Hi Ng.
According to Frank Giorgini in his most excellent book "Handmade Tiles"
(Lark Books)
Encaustic tiles are made by inlaying clay with different colorants into a
background tile. Development of the technique is attributed to Cistercian
monks of the 12th century, and was popular in England, perhaps elsewhere.
The great advantage is durability, as the colorant runs deep into the tile.
The background tile can be either press-molded or carved, and a well-fitted
contrasting clay pressed into the depressions. The tile is then scraped to
the pattern surface, and can be fired with or without a clear or tinted
surface glaze.
Hope this is some help, J. Blossom, Sleeping Dog Designs, Albuquerque N.M.
" The green chile is Roastin' "
-----Original Message-----
From: Ng Chi Ying
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 8:09 AM
Subject: Encaustic tiles
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
with me what are thses tiles ?
>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
>
>Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
>you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
>to be forwarded .
>
>Thanks.
>
>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with
its
>> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours
due
>> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
tiles ?
>>
>
>
>
don on mon 2 nov 98
I would believe encaustic tiles would entail painting on oxides and or
stains in wax, as in the oil painting style. The wax would burn away
leaving layers of unmixed colors and designs.
experiment!
DMW
Susan Schultz on mon 2 nov 98
Hi,
Encaustic tiles are made by inlaying colored clay into a pattern cut
into plastic clay. Historically, they were used alot in floors.
The book Architectural Ceramics by David Hamilton and published
by Thames and Hudson has photos of historical encaustic tile floors
and a brief description of technique with pictures. I also read something
recently and will try to find it. This book was published in 1978, so if you
can't find it, let me know.
Susan Schultz
Stonington, Ct.
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No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
with me what are thses tiles ?
>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
>
>Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
>you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
>to be forwarded .
>
>Thanks.
>
>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
>> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
>> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
tiles ?
Darrell Gargus on mon 2 nov 98
Ng Chi Ying, Hi! if I remember right, encaustic is a painting
technique that involves wax. You might want to check it out with a
local painting instructure at a university or maybe the library. It is
very dangerous according to my painting instructor. But what isn't
really even ceramics is dangerous unless handled properly. Good luck!
Becky Glasscock
Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
> with me what are thses tiles ?
>
> >On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
> >
> >Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
> >you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
> >to be forwarded .
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
> >
> >> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
> >> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
> >> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
> tiles ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
Mert & Holly Kilpatrick on mon 2 nov 98
Sherri and Ng,
"Encaustic" usually refers to inlaid tiles of the Middle Ages, in which a
usually red or brown tile was coated with a lighter color slip, and then
stamped with a design which forced the slip down into the red clay. Then
the rest of the slip could be scraped away, leaving a darker tile with a
lighter design. In the mid-1800's in England, Herbert Minton developed a
process to make similar looking tiles by filling a lighter slip into a
design already impressed (or molded) into the darker clay. Later, to mass
produce tiles more easily, a dust-press process was developed. There are
many books about the processes - Hans van Lemmen and Elizabeth Eames are
two authors who have written on the subject.
The Summer 1998 Tile Heritage Review, which recently came out, has a very
interesting article called "Encautic Tiles, An Art Form from the Middle
Ages" by Virginia J. Maher. The Tile Heritage Foundation is a worthwhile
organization which has many activities aimed at promoting awareness of
historic and contemporary tiles in America. Their phone number is
707-431-8453, at PO Box 1850, Healdsburg, CA 95448. You might want to
contact them about getting a copy of that issue. Or become a member, for
$35 a year, and you get the publications and various other benefits.
Holly
East Bangor, PA
>>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
>>
>>Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
>>you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
>>to be forwarded .
>
>>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>>
>>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
>>> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
>>> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
>tiles ?
Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on tue 3 nov 98
Ying--Try and get a copy of the book "Architectural Ceramics", don't know the
author off-hand. That book has a very good explanation of the encaustic process,
which is, if I remember, correctly, pressing and inlaying tiles with a powder
form of clay. I may have gotten this all wrong.
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: Darrell Gargus [SMTP:dsg12@home.com]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 11:21 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Encaustic tiles
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Ng Chi Ying, Hi! if I remember right, encaustic is a painting
technique that involves wax. You might want to check it out with a
local painting instructure at a university or maybe the library. It is
very dangerous according to my painting instructor. But what isn't
really even ceramics is dangerous unless handled properly. Good luck!
Becky Glasscock
Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
> with me what are thses tiles ?
>
> >On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
> >
> >Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
> >you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
> >to be forwarded .
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
> >
> >> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
> >> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
> >> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
> tiles ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
Stephen Mills on thu 5 nov 98
Coming to this somewhat late!
My understanding is as follows. Encaustic tiles are made in a wooden
mould in the manner if hand-made bricks. The mould is a very simple
affair with a removeable bottom on which is a raised pattern. This box
is dusted with very fine sand (releasing agent) and very soft clay with
a very high sand content is thrown into the mould (the brickmaking term
for the lump of clay is a "Clot"). the back is leveled off with a
scraper, the whole is then tipped out of the mould pattern side up. The
indented decoration is filled with stiff slip and in turn scraped level,
dried, raw-glazed (with a nice unhealthy lead glaze), and fired.
That, as I said is my knowledge of the UK technique, I am obviously open
to correction, please do it nicely :-)
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , Ng Chi Ying writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>No one has responded me yet, neither privately. Can anyone please share
>with me what are thses tiles ?
>
>>On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Sherri Grossbauer wrote:
>>
>>Since, after anxiously awaiting a response, I saw none, I am wondering if
>>you were contacted privately. I would greatly appreciate any information
>>to be forwarded .
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Ng Chi Ying wrote:
>>
>>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>> What are encaustic tiles and how to make them ? The many pattern with its
>>> clearly defined colours -- are they drawn by hand and are the colours due
>>> to the oxide ? Where can I get further details on the making of these
>tiles ?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
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