source of high quality
hand-made ceramic tiles.
Exquisite beauty. Timeless character. The unparalleled appeal of artisan design.
McIntyre Tile Company - beautifying America with quality handcrafted field, trim, and decorative tiles since 1972. For more than 30 years, McIntyre has successfully translated the studio pottery approach into an array of attractive, functional tile creations.
McIntyre Introduces Two New Product Lines
McIntyre Tile has rolled out its two latest product lines, Susan Greenleaf Botanicals and Mozaiquitos.
McIntyre Tile Company
Based in northern California's wine country, McIntyre Tile combines the rich natural variations of artisan craftsmanship with a distinctive aesthetic uniquely our own. Our personal flair, attention to detail, and passionate approach results in a matchless quality and durability renowned by design professionals nationwide.
toni@mcintyre-tile.com
Born in Southern California and raised in Sonoma County, Toni joined McIntyre in 1989 initially working in quality control and shipping - eventually becoming the department’s supervisor. In recent years, Toni has added the role of Sales Assistant and frequently handles walk-in traffic. With her background in QC, Toni is a font of information about tile colors, trims, sizes and how all the myriad pieces should be shipped.
Toni takes pride in creating the color standard boards which are the key to maintaining product quality and consistency. This is also her biggest challenge thanks to the constant fluctuation of the ingredients used to make the glazes, as well as the evolution of customer tastes in color. Toni also enjoys learning about the many ways that McIntyre tiles are used in commercial and residential applications.
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What is Artisan Tile?
The 1960's saw a renaissance in the creation of natural, authentic, hand-crafted pottery and ceramic design in art schools and studios around the United States. During that same period the American tile industry was focusing on perfecting the high-volume production of low cost, utilitarian materials to support the boom in residential and commercial construction.
In Sausalito. California, these widely divergent efforts met at Heath Ceramics where they sought to incorporate the materials and techniques of hand-crafted ceramics into the design and production of tiles for utilitarian application in floors, counters, showers and back-splashes. (It was at Heath Ceramics that Bob McIntyre, while still in College, first encountered artisan tile making and began his life-long love of the materials and the process.)
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