Customized handmade tiles and claywork for architecture and design. 2009-05-13T20:45:22Z WordPress http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/feed/atom/ southernArthttp://feedburner.google.com Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-bathroom-was-refreshed-imaginitive-use-of-triangular-green-ceramic-tiles-in/ 2009-05-13T20:45:22Z 2009-05-13T20:44:15Z

<p>The client redecorated her retirement cottage with the innovative use of ceramic tiles.  Here we can view the bathroom where she used green triangular tiles. The green is a superb choice for any bathroom and will compliment terracotta floors.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/toilet_tiles_img_8706.jpg" title="toilet_tiles_img_8706.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/toilet_tiles_img_8706.jpg" alt="toilet_tiles_img_8706.jpg" /></a></p> <p>I always find it refreshing when individuals make &#8220;their mark&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;the shock of the new&#8221; &#8230; the building blocks of confident individuals!</p> <p>She revived two bathrooms and a kitchen and more images will follow.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=417&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_417" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/Q5-3C-l91iU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-bathroom-was-refreshed-imaginitive-use-of-triangular-green-ceramic-tiles-in/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/what-a-surprice-to-see-a-platter-of-mine-in-a-penthouse-apartment-in-pretoria/ 2009-05-13T20:19:24Z 2009-05-13T20:07:39Z

<p>Many moons ago I formed several impulsive platters, all of them rectangular with some organic overtones decorated with dots. I was quite pleased with the end result, and sold most of the platters.</p> <p><a href="http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/220109lientjie/P1110980" title="gerrit_oosthuizen_platter.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gerrit_oosthuizen_platter.jpg" alt="gerrit_oosthuizen_platter.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This platter ended up in this apartment and would invite viewers to click on the image to view the website with more images of this awesome and most inspiring environment. This home is a lived in interior space communicating a story, vibrant, colorful and exciting!</p> <p>How can rooms, four walls, without art &#8230; ceramic art &#8230;  by the likes of Ruan Hoffmann, Robert Hodgins,Hilton Nel, Haneke Benade and others &#8230; be called a home?</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=415&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_415" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/Prqz65N5F3s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/what-a-surprice-to-see-a-platter-of-mine-in-a-penthouse-apartment-in-pretoria/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/our-moroccan-styled-handmade-tiles-project-in-mosambique-is-nearing-completion/ 2009-05-03T15:13:57Z 2009-05-03T15:00:29Z

<p>The clients are ecstatic, the interior designer is as well and we are over the moon! Soon we shall receive images from  the final photo shoot and these will show the Moroccan styled handmade tiles in all its glory!</p> <p>Note the build in benches with its green tiles. The greens were customized to suit the fabrics used in the soft furnishings and probably was the most difficult endeavor of this project.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-031.jpg" title="moroccan-tiles-031.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-031.jpg" alt="moroccan-tiles-031.jpg" /></a></p> <p>These installations with our handmade and custom designed tiles could not be better planned and executed and no wonder that the professional team and the clients are so happy!</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-033.jpg" title="moroccan-tiles-033.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-033.jpg" alt="moroccan-tiles-033.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-099.jpg" title="moroccan-tiles-099.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/moroccan-tiles-099.jpg" alt="moroccan-tiles-099.jpg" /></a></p> <p>After having  spend months planning, designing and producing these Moroccan styled  tiles, the agonizing wait to receive feedback from the construction team feels like a lifetime!</p> <p>These images were taken from a mobile phone, and the professional images will surely flabbergast all of us!</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=409&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_409" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/5gx57yMa1ts" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/our-moroccan-styled-handmade-tiles-project-in-mosambique-is-nearing-completion/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/art-tiles-telling-a-story-like-it-is/ 2009-05-03T14:28:11Z 2009-05-03T14:26:11Z

<p>What I like about these art works is that it captures the subtle nuances of present day life and as such save visual images for generations to come!</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7800.jpg" title="img_7800.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7800.jpg" alt="img_7800.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This initiation scene, the crossing of a mystical line, the walk from boyhood to manhood, the trance and the trauma, the period of life we can all relate to but so seldom express and capture in a visual medium.</p> <p>The minimal use of technique expose these tender moments, chillingly but all so effectively, telling a story of what was and what awaits the child that is no more!</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7804.jpg" title="img_7804.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_7804.jpg" alt="img_7804.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Transport for the workers classes is a traumatic choice, mostly unaffordable but al so neccassary to reach your place of work. Everyday the worker will reach this crossroad, to spend money on a taxi, money needed for schooling, food, clothes, shelter. The fear of not reaching your destination and not getting paid make him/her pay and at the end of the day fatique will drive most to pay up again &#8230; a few will walk &#8230; maybe hours &#8230; to reach home with a few precious rands more saved for food!</p> <p>For the privilidged this is just a circle of convenience but for the worker it is a daily crossroad as well, a daily decision of gain or loss!</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=406&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_406" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/HG2PxwHfdFE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/art-tiles-telling-a-story-like-it-is/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/to-all-mothers-words-on-ceramic-tiles-will-instruct-visitors-on-what-to-do-next-in-this-bathroom/ 2009-05-03T13:42:42Z 2009-05-03T13:42:42Z

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">I just love receiving feedback from clients!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Gerrit<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Thanks for the tiles – they arrived safe and sound and are now up on the walls. I have also taken pics of the word tiles and a plate that I bought from the shop 3 years ago. I’m very pleased with it all – thank you. However, it would have helped had my tiler last week actually put the ‘S’ tiles the right way up! Muppet!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bathroomdscf1790.jpg" title="bathroomdscf1790.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bathroomdscf1790.jpg" alt="bathroomdscf1790.jpg" /></a></p> <p>I received these images from Sarah in London. She used our tiles, some plain blue tiles and others printed with letters in this quirky bathroom and shower.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/washbasindscf1786.jpg" title="washbasindscf1786.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/washbasindscf1786.jpg" alt="washbasindscf1786.jpg" /></a></p> <p>These tiles are 75 x 75mm, and works extremely well with the larger tiles, accentuating the border effect and the words.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/showerdscf1788.jpg" title="showerdscf1788.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/showerdscf1788.jpg" alt="showerdscf1788.jpg" /></a></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=402&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_402" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/xuwwDDcGX3E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/to-all-mothers-words-on-ceramic-tiles-will-instruct-visitors-on-what-to-do-next-in-this-bathroom/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-cream-aga-stove-pair-perfectly-with-these-customized-handmade-tiles/ 2009-04-07T10:00:17Z 2009-04-07T09:57:29Z

<p>With the superb match of the charcoal grey and the black Lacanche stove in the Top Billing feature I searched for a few other matches of where the stove and tiles match seamlessly.</p> <p>Matching the colour of handmade tiles with your Aga, Lacanche, Falcon or other stoves is a most  important decision and best left in the capable and experienced hands of Southern Art Ceramic design.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sherrington-aga-img_4375.jpg" title="sherrington-aga-img_4375.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sherrington-aga-img_4375.jpg" alt="sherrington-aga-img_4375.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This kitchen with a magnificent AGA stove attracts constant attention in many magazines like SA Home Owner and South African Decor &amp; Design mini buyers guide. The South African Decor and Design mini buyers guide add with a similar image of this cream Aga stove and matching handmade tiles resulted in a unprecedented response and a flood of inquiries.</p> <p>South African  Home Owner used the above kitchen in their December 2008 issue featuring classic designs!</p> <p>We were not surprised, are you?</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=400&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_400" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/ltiSSKCeoKk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-cream-aga-stove-pair-perfectly-with-these-customized-handmade-tiles/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/another-herb-panel-of-southern-art-ceramics-features-on-the-exclusive-top-billing-livestyle-program/ 2009-04-06T10:04:39Z 2009-04-01T13:07:06Z

<p>Watch Top Billing on the 2nd of April and view this week’s location, an old Parktown manor house on Westcliff kopje that underwent major alterations to restore its majesty, as well as bringing in some French flair from Provence.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ross-paul.jpg" title="ross-paul.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ross-paul.jpg" alt="ross-paul.jpg" /></a></p> <p>In a luxurious kitchen like this a handmade tile panel behind an opulent stove like this one will be the only option, the cherry on the cake!</p> <p>The charcoal colored letters on the natural bone colour of the tiles blends in seamlessly with the black Lacanche stove. The myTILE team can harmonize the handmade tiles with  your stove, be it, a Lacanche, Falcon, Smeg, Gaggenau or the fabulously new Viking range of appliances from Euro Appliances!</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=398&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_398" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/JYQLF4Yuo2U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/another-herb-panel-of-southern-art-ceramics-features-on-the-exclusive-top-billing-livestyle-program/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/showing-of-our-customized-handmade-subway-tiles-for-a-client-in-the-usa/ 2009-04-06T09:44:30Z 2009-03-08T14:26:30Z

<p>Mother Karen Gay send us this image giving us some idea of what her dream kitchen entails.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2008_09_23_3332.jpg" title="2008_09_23_3332.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2008_09_23_3332.jpg" alt="2008_09_23_3332.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Furthermore her brief included a custom shaped tile resembling the original New York subway tile and special images like sugarcane and cardinal flowers.</p> <p>They are in the process of installing the tiles, unfortunately they left the installation with inexperienced Mexican contractors that could not and did not read the installation diagrams and manuals.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dsc04804.jpg" title="dsc04804.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dsc04804.jpg" alt="dsc04804.jpg" /></a></p> <p>We are in the process making 36 tiles to complete the installation. This is unfortunate, but with proper supervision and implementing the diagram and following instructions supplied in the manual a successful installation would have been possible for sure! We receive many compliments regarding our services to aid with a successful installation.</p> <p>Mother Karen Gay responds:</p> <p>&#8220;We love the tiles &#8230; they&#8217;re beautiful! I have attached pictures so that you can see how those that are installed look so far.&#8221;</p> <p>She is as passionate as we are and now that she will have a happy and welcoming kitchen as soon as it is complete.</p> <p>A full portfolio off the above commissioned handmade kitchen tiles will be available on our  new and soon to be announced website featuring special projects.</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=397&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_397" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/YOxdskAYVN4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/showing-of-our-customized-handmade-subway-tiles-for-a-client-in-the-usa/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-entrance-with-a-magnificant-handmade-tile-panel-with-proteas-will-never-be-the-same-again/ 2009-03-08T13:49:45Z 2009-03-08T13:47:57Z

<p>Mrs Elwes, a passionate collector of our art work, had this ceramic tile panel installed in a entrance with a skylight. The sun is far to intense to hang any conventional painting in this spot and a ceramic tile panel was one of the few options.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7853.jpg" title="img_7853.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7853.jpg" alt="img_7853.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This wall being exposed to strong afternoon sun was neglected till now, but wow what a difference does this new art panel make!</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7901.jpg" title="img_7901.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7901.jpg" alt="img_7901.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This close up display some of the soft velvety textures of these proteas, enticing one to touch them and imaging the real flower under your fingertips!</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7904.jpg" title="img_7904.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7904.jpg" alt="img_7904.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Soon panels like these will be for sale on Southern Art Ceramics e-commerce site, which promise to be the most dynamic and diverse online gallery from one studio in the world!</p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=391&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_391" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/SqTb-yxlT_A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/this-entrance-with-a-magnificant-handmade-tile-panel-with-proteas-will-never-be-the-same-again/ Gerrit Oosthuizen http://www.southernartceramics.com http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/the-benguerra-project-with-moroccan-styled-tiles-are-safely-parcelled-and-on-its-way-to-mozambique/ 2009-03-08T13:27:23Z 2009-03-08T13:27:23Z

<p>After months of design, consultation, R&amp;D, production and solving curve balls the project is on its way for installation. It will be a few more weeks before I shall receive images showing of these magical green tiles and the splendid Moroccan patterns with customized colours to suit each villa&#8217;s design brief.</p> <p><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7887.jpg" title="img_7887.jpg"><img src="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_7887.jpg" alt="img_7887.jpg" /></a></p> <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/?p=389&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_389" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/southernArt/~4/85HivanT9eM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.southernartceramics.com/blog/the-benguerra-project-with-moroccan-styled-tiles-are-safely-parcelled-and-on-its-way-to-mozambique/