Santa Theresa handmade tiles lend themselves to a wide variety of applications. The selections below, actual installations we have created for commercial or residential clients, represent a few ways to enhance homes, gardens, or businesses. Just click on the detail photo to see an enlargement.

Kitchen Backsplash.
Fat, glossy three-dimensional handmade tile leaves serve as a textural transition between the cool, sophisticated glass tile of the backsplash and the warm, organic border of handmade pomegranates, birds, and flowers.

Palm Donor Wall
This burgeoning palm studded with 3-D flowers recognizes several levels of generosity in a fund-raising campaign and adds lively color to a much used patio. Contributors' names are hand-lettered on butterflies, hummingbirds, dragonflies, and individual leaves. Our unique grout sculpting technique allows us to expand the composition by adding names for as long as contributions are received.

House Numbers
A lively tile design not only shows a street address but extends the owner's personality and home's architectural style right to the edge of the property, a warm welcome for all visitors.

Wall Art
Measuring approximately 4 feet by 7 feet this mosaic tile vase sports tile greenery vining around candle-bearing sconces. This unique lighting concept and colorful art tile combine to make a distinctive statement.

Door Surround
This surround makes a dramatic entrance by dressing up the front door with color and design that enhance the home's architectural style and set this residence apart.

Signage
The Soliel restaurant sign in its wrought-iron frame reflects the bistro's fare: sunny cuisines of the Mediterranean. This art tile design became the logo used in all corporate advertising.

Fountain Decoration
Our innovative grout sculpting method allowed us to make a big impact on a limited budget. By selectively placing our unique mosaic designs we enhanced the entire surface of this existing fountain.

"Porthole" Wall Medallion
Hollyhocks and hummingbirds can be seen in this "window" (48 inches in diameter) on a stucco garden wall. Small three-dimensional tiles, sculptural grout, and the unglazed frame add texture.

Palo Verde Wall Sculpture
What used to be a large, blank wall is now a focal point—a towering desert palo verde with saturated purple cactus at its feet and a shimmering sun and moon in its arms. Opalescent glazes enhance the whimsy of the relief sculpture without affecting its durable, low-maintenance appeal.

Seat Wall Planter
Hand-cut shaped tiles, hand-decorated field tiles, and hand-lettered bar tiles combine to create a one-of-a-kind piece of functional art. The inclusion of personal text customizes as nothing else can, and is particularly appropriate for memorials.

Garden Bench
Bright, durable, and low-maintenance, a tiled bench adds character to any corner of the yard or patio.

Kitchen Mosaic Insert and Border
This gorgeous fruit bowl insert measures 28" x 18-1/2" and extends in a 3" x 36" border on each side. The installation is above a cook-top and adds an easy maintenance focal point to the kitchen. The field tile is custom colored to enhance the existing kitchen colors.