The charm of hand crafted tiles, is expressed in their richness of style
and color. Because
each individual tile is hand made and/or hand-painted, it posses it’s
own unique character. This
uniqueness is expressed by slight variations of color and texture.
The following explains some tile characteristics a purchaser of hand
crafted tiles needs to know to make an educated purchase.
Hand crafted tiles can be irregular in
shape, have mildly uneven surface with slightly undulating edges. Due to the nature of fired clay, variations in size,
color, tonality may occur. No
single tile may represent the full range of color and size variations and
variations may occur from order to order.
We cannot guarantee that tiles ordered as add-ons will exactly match
those from an original order. The
matching of glaze colors to fabrics, wallpaper and other tile samples will
generally not be exact and must be considered an approximation.
Slight irregularities or variations are inherent in all fired clay
products and are normal. Many
factors contribute to variations including temperature differences within the
kiln and minor differences in raw materials.
Tiles, which are closer to the heat source, may be more intense in
color than those in another section of the kiln.
Therefore, tiles delivered may vary from the control sample as
permitted by industry practices and according to the nature of the specific
glaze, so color matches are not subject to guarantee.
Different shapes of various relief and trim tiles may cause some glazes
to run when they melt in the kiln. For
this reason, the shading or the effect of the glaze on the relief and trim
tiles may be different from that of flat tiles, even though they are made at
the same time. Crazing is a
characteristic of many glazed ceramic tiles and is not a defect in the tile
and does not generally alter the tile’s performance. Glazed tiles sometimes craze before or after
installation and occasionally even years later.
It is not possible to guarantee against crazing since it can be caused
by minor tension between the glaze and tile body. In the instance of painting
on supplied pre-glazed tiles; the acceptance of certain underglazes and/or
glazes to the tile surface will depend on the quality of the tile supplied.
In some cases bubbling, color separation or slight alteration of field
coloring may occur when re-fired. Although
glazed tile has a hard surface, it is not wear resistant and is not guaranteed
to be wear-resistant.
Cergamics
reserves the right to change pricing and alter or discontinue a design
at any time with no prior notice.
