Glazed Terracotta Wall Tiles

The word terra cotta means baked earth in italian and its rich orange and brown coloring certainly lives up to its name.

Glazed terracotta wall tiles.

As with any ceramic tile terracotta can be glazed a process by which a glass like surface finish is bonded to the clay tile during a second firing process. It also can be glazed to make it impervious to stains sealed to protect it from damage or left untreated in its natural state. However it is also involved in floor covering applications in the interior. Both ancient chinese palaces and classical greek temples had roofs built from these tiles.

Where is terracotta tile used. For thousands of years and across the world architects favored terracotta tiles to build iconic structures. It is a natural building material and generally used in outdoor floor coverings. Terracotta tile is full body so the face color depends on the raw materials everyone of terracotta tile tends to be unmatched and special in color and shade.

Today we use the terracotta tile as an aesthetic wall and floor covering material. Check out our beautiful terra cotta tile collection. Baked in wood fired kilns loaded with olive pits these glazes feature a rich undulating. There are many benefits of this earthy material.

These hand chiseled moroccan tiles acquire their coloring from the historic clay body that is a rich terracotta inherently forcing it s hue through the glazes.