ORDERING
Ceramic tile prices include
delivery to store in 4 to 6 weeks from the time of
order. Prices for stone, wall sconces and sinks do
not include shipping.
Prices for all items do not
include installation and are subject to change.
Fifty percent payment is due by
the production date. The fifty percent balance is
due within five working days of receiving the order.
When we receive your order we
will send you a written confirmation of your order
and a production date. We are a small artisan run
studio and cannot operate with delayed payments.
All items in the Santa Fe Design
Studio collection are handcrafted and signed.
Handmade tiles often show some warpage, size
variation and glaze variation from one fireing to
another. Unglazed and oxide-enhanced tiles are not
sealed.
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STONE MOSAIC
CUSTOM ORDERS
Santa Fe Design Studio
welcomes custom commissions for stone mosaics and
will install everything we make, anywhere.
One difficult hurdle has to be
jumped at the beginning of most of my custom
commissions;
The client requests a theme or
subject, if they have one in mind. They are offered
a choice of tesserae that are compatible with the
furniture and other architectural appointments.
Depending on the size of the
commission, 300 to 2000 stones are washed and sealed
then scattered at random about the room. It is a
challenging process to explain that the picture is
already painted on the rocks; creative selection
will allow the picture to develop and reveal itself,
piece by piece.
It involves watching and
listening so that the stones can guide the picture
along using the artists hand and eye to audition
each stone and execute an image that is preconceived
but not completely finished or assembled.
No preliminary sketches are made
or offered.
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