Not EVERYTHING needs a picture frame :)

[Rob Markoff]

Here's a project we installed today at a corporate location.

The first is 45 x 107 and consists of 21- 14" x 14" ceramic tiles that were hand carved, fired, and then glazed in colors selected by the client. They have a 1/2" piece of ply with blackened edges glued to the back and z bar with a security "t" lock at the bottom of each piece.

The second is for the same office in a different location. Again, 14 x 14" tiles and the same installation procedure.

Art that does not require framing is now a significant part of our business.

Barbara is teaching a class at the WCAF Expo called, Thinking Outside the Frame and covers this very topic.

 

[dpetti]

Very cool, Rob. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rob Markoff]

Here's a link to the installation album.


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515762758463287.117126.100000887010866&type=1&l=fe3da2b698

 

[blackiris]

How did you get them perfectly straight when they are wavy tiles!!!
EEEKKKK ! That would be a nightmare job!

Looks AWESOME!!!

 

[nikfrz]

Wow!!

That pic belongs in Architectural Digest. Awesome.

 

[Artrageous]

Rob, how is the hardware attached to the tiles?

 

[Rob Markoff]

Very carefully.........

There is a 12"x12"x 1/2" piece of birch plywood (with blackened edges) glued to the back with a construction adhesive. We use a jig that allows the mating piece of z-bar to be installed a specific distance from the bottom of all the tiles and very uniformly so we have a known distance and can evenly space the distance between the rows. The z-bar is installed using 1/2" screws - with the thickness of the z-bar and the construction adhesive supplying enough separation so we do not come through the wood.