Santa Fe Design Studio
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eric rattan

Eric began his career as a mosaicist 30 years ago as an apprentice to Italian stonemason and mosaicist, Giuseppe Gambino in Boston, MA. Mr. Gambino, then 80, offered a wealth of Old World mosaic knowledge in exchange for a paint job on his house. He was negotiating mosaics, not ladders, at that age!

Working in stone was followed by study of ceramics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mudflats of Cambridge, MA and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. At UW Mr. Rattan studied ceramics with Mr. Don Reitz and Mr. Bruce Breckenridge. This led to making handmade tile, sink basins, wall sconces, wall murals and other architecturally related ceramic art.

Study of ceramics was followed by ten years of design and construction of adobe homes in Santa Fe, NM. Custom doors and mosaics have always been a signature of Mr. Rattan’s residential and commercial building designs.

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Gallery exhibits

  • Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Ciel D'Or gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Taos Artisan Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Lighthouse Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
  • Santa Fe Design Gallery, Dixon, New Mexico
  • Peeling Ceiling Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
  • Tile Art, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Fountain Street Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Port America, Westport, Connecticut
  • Murphy Gallery, College of Saint Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Museum exhibits

  • Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
  • Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, South Carolina
  • Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Mr. Rattan's mosaic teaching workshops have taken him to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Bailey Island, ME (permanent school), Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, and Melbourne, Australia.

Most of Mr. Rattan's work is sold through his Santa Fe Design Studio in Madison, Wisconsin. He also sells through hand made tile stores throughout the United States. Custom mosaic commissions are welcome. Santa Fe Design Studio will install his handmade ceramic tiles and mosaics on location, anywhere.

5745 ELDER PLACE - MADISON, WISCONSIN 53705 - (608)231-1883
20 SPRUCE LEDGE ROAD - BAILEY ISLAND, MAINE 04003 - (608) 698-1883

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