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MATT CLARK TILE PROFILE: OCEANSIDE GLASSTILE
Hey all!
Summer is in full swing; and we’ve decided to start a fun, new, blog series! Over the next few months, our team will be profiling some of our favorite companies to share. This week, Devon – our showroom assistant, decided to dive into her personal favorite: Oceanside Glass Tile!
“The beach has always been my hearts home, and I’ve been lucky enough to live here on the Central Coast of California my whole life.
When I first joined the Matt Clark Tile & Stone team and began learning about each of these companies we work with, Oceanside Glass Tile, of course, stood out to me instantly.
Oceanside Glass Tile was founded in 1992 with a boundless spirit of innovation, a passion for hot glass and a new vision for the tile industry; creating luxury glass tile using recycled bottle glass. As pioneers of handcrafted glass tile they continue to pursue timeless design that preserves, honors and furthers California true artisan heritage.
Their mantra “From Curbside to Oceanside” describes their dedication to transforming glass into expressive design materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. Moreover, their efforts to be a sustainable organization extend far beyond this fundamental product attribute.
All Oceanside Glasstile is made primarily from silica sand, an abundant natural resource, with many colors also containing recycled content that may include pre-consumer and/or post-consumer recycled bottle glass from curbside recycling programs. Most of the bottles used were actually once Corona’s!
Because of its handcrafted nature and broad range of translucent and iridescent colors, Oceanside Glasstile is an exceptionally beautiful building material—an ideal choice for helping people create beautiful and comforting living spaces, conducive to health and productivity, all of which is part of green building. Their colors are not limited to one palet, either. The website offers a tool to help you customize your color ways. Check it out to see the endless options! http://www.glasstile.com/BlendBuilder.aspx
Glass tile is a very strong building material that is impervious to water and freeze/thaw resistant. This long-lasting durability further adds to its sustainability. Call for an appointment so that we can introduce you.”
Mahalo, Devon and the rest of the team!
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MATT CLARK TILE & STONE PRODUCT PROFILE: ORIGINAL STYLE
Hey there tile peeps!!! Devon here with another Matt Clark Tile & Stone Product Profile!
Another month of Summer has passed, and we are that much closer to yet a new season. Time just keeps flying by! As we move forward, it’s always smart (and fun) to look into the past and see how far we’ve come. That inspired me to look into some of the classics, like one of my favorite lines and companies to work with: Original Style.
Original Style holds headquarters in the UK, producing tiles in Exeter and Devon since 1986.
Original Style was initially set up to develop tile sets for the cast iron fireplaces produced by sister company Stovax. However it soon became apparent that tiles were being used for more than just fireplaces, particularly in America, where they begin appearing on the walls in the luxury bathrooms of Hollywood stars! So a range of authentic Victorian designs were created on thinner tiles more suited to walls.
As Original Style began to expand their range, a Victorian floor tile collection was developed to complement the ever-popular wall tile range in the 90’s. The production department was expanded and in-house glazing and hand-painting sections set up. North America became such an important marketplace that they opened a distribution center in Boston.
In 1997 they acquired The Winchester Tile Company, to add a range of hand crafted, transparent glazed tiles and moldings to our burgeoning product portfolio.
Original Style continued to grow in the 2000’s by offering new ranges of products such as natural stone, glass and mosaics to their customers in a number of countries around the world. Their skilled workforce continue to produce quantities of ceramic tiles and moldings to a consistently high finish thanks to meticulous quality control and the use of the latest tile production technology.
In 2010, they acquired and relaunched the Dorset
Woolliscroft floor tile collection.
These slip resistant floor tiles offer exceptional performance and safety standards for industrial, commercial, residential and leisure installations.
In 2015 they opened yet another showroom, this time in Cheltenham It has a distinctive and high quality offering to suit all budgets. There, a 26 foot long color wall contains more than 1000 samples from all ranges, allowing you to find the perfect shade.
You can now choose from large collections of glass, ceramic and porcelain wall and floor tiles in traditional sizes and large formats, mosaics made from materials ranging from shell, stone, glass, metal, even wood and bamboo. The latest ink-jet technology means that some of our porcelain floor tile designs accurately resemble cement, wood and stone.
Come by the Matt Clark Tile & Stone showroom to see these lines and more of what this incredible company offers! Thanks for reading and on behalf of the whole Matt Clark Tile & Stone, have a wonderful day!