clé guild
artisan glazed thin brick
when an endless search for the finest glazed tile came up empty, clé founder deborah osburn simply chose to make it herself. creating the clé guild was her way of making the best quality tile possible, ensuring the integrity of materials and the expertise and mastery of its makers. the guild is a wonderland where ceramicists, scientists and tile artisans test new materials, ideas and processes to produce the highest quality glazed tile through the use of the world’s most innovative technologies.
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from those modest beginnings, clé guild's mastery has grown organically, as befits the meticulous craftsmanship and the elevated exclusivity of the brick. and what is very exciting for clé is the fact that clé guild continues to evolve as our mastery allows for a deeper sense of creativity. it's this force of skill combined with exploration that is bringing entire new ranges of brick tile collections to life, challenging the way we think about the humblest of building materials: brick. welcome to the clé guild.
"we rely on the quiet wildness and variability of our materials for their effects and subtle surprises. the kiln, however, is beautiful in that it becomes invisible, we can set it with great precision and allow the subtleties of the materials to softly sing their own song without being drowned out by the kiln effects."
the head of clé guild — eric vandermolen