Mosaic Workshop

Magically flecked with copper and gold, gemme tiles can be used to create dramatic and scintillating highlights.  Introducing metallic speckles and veins into glass tiles was a skill first mastered on the Venetian island of Murano.  The technique involves dropping small quantities of coloured enamel granules and aventurine glass (a compound containing copper- and other metallic-crystals) into molten glass in a highly controlled manner.  These artisan techniques are still followed in Italy, particularly at our supplier, Bisazza, and have recently been adopted by Chinese makers to great effect.

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If you'd like to see technical data sheets for these tiles,  please click here.