Handmade Tile Inspired by the Japanese Garden: Our Kyoto Collection

Above: Buddha Mural, 9x 4"decorative relief tiles, 12.5" x 12.5" in total. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Dry Stone. Click on the image to see full page.

Inspired by the natural serenity of the Japanese garden, Our Kyoto Collection, in colours of stone and lichen, feature koi fish, plum blossoms, bamboo, pine, and Buddhist imagery. Each design in this collection is an original Lingua Terra creation. After a long process of creating, sketching and refining, the final design is meticulously drawn out to scale, then transferred to a block of wet clay. The image is then carved carefully into the clay, creating a relief pattern and delicate detail work, like the veins on bamboo leaves or the Buddha's serene smile. This painstakingly carved original, which can take up to a day to execute, is destined to be destroyed so a mold can be created. Once the master mold is created, subsequent tiles are pressed by hand into the mold, in a labour-intensive, traditional process. No machines or presses are used in the creation of our decorative relief tiles - just the touch of the human hand.

Above: Ume or Plum Blossom, 4" accent tile. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Dry Lichen. Click on the image to see full page.

Above: Kuro Matsu or Black Pine, 4" accent tile. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Dry Stone. Click on the image to see full page.

Above: Crane and Moon Frieze, 2x 4" accent tiles create a continuous pattern. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Dry Stone. For more info about using decorative friezes, click here. Click on the image to see full page.

Above: Koi and Willow Frieze, 2x 4" accent tiles create a continuous pattern. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Ice Blue. For more info about using decorative friezes, click here. Click on the image to see full page.

Above: Bamboo Forest Frieze, 2x 4" accent tiles create a continuous pattern. Available in a range of glaze colours, shown here in Dry Stone. For more info about using decorative friezes, click here. Click on the image to see full page.

We produce a line of hand built vases which coordinate with our tiles. Here is our Ume vase, measuring 11" x 6".

Click on the image at left for a full size, high resolution printable file of the catalog tear sheet for our Kyoto Collection. For current pricing contact Bronwyn, (bronwyn@linguaterratile.com) to request a wholesale, trade, or retail price list. Wholesale pricing is available to showrooms and retailers who carry our tiles. Trade pricing is available to professional interior designers, architects, building contractors and developers, landscape designers, and interior decorators. For more information on how to order our tiles, visit our How to Order page here, or call 250.335.3149.