Living room with a lit fireplace surrounded by white built-in shelves, tan walls, hardwood floors, and a beige armchair.

Patterned tile floor with a butterfly design in the center, surrounded by geometric square tiles in red, orange, black, and yellow.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Frank Thomas House Fireplace

Ceramic tile fireplace featuring Frank Thomas House art tile from Motawi Tileworks’ Frank Lloyd Wright Collection and warmly colored field tile.

Tile featured in this project:

Decorative ceramic tile with an intricate geometric star pattern and earth-toned colors.

Decorative Frank Lloyd Wright ceramic tile with a geometric pattern resembling a butterfly or insect in shades of brown, beige, and black.

6x6 Alhambra (Brown)

6x6 Frank Thomas House

Glazes featured in this project:

Close-up of a brown, textured, metallic ceramic tile with rounded edges.

5115 Oak

5157 Ink

Close-up of a green ceramic tile with a slightly rusted edge.

5153 Olive

8021 Bottle Brown

Every Motawi Tile Is Made by Hand

From start to finish, every Motawi ceramic tile is crafted by hand in our Ann Arbor, Michigan studio. It begins with soft clay, pressed into custom molds to shape each tile. From there, artisans trim and smooth every edge by hand before the tiles are bisque-fired in the kiln.

Then comes the magic of the glaze—some tiles are dipped, others are carefully bulb-glazed using a centuries-old technique called Cuenca, where glaze is filled into tiny basins formed by raised lines in the design. No shortcuts, no automation—just human hands and sharp eyes guiding every step. Finally, every tile gets fired again, locking in color and character. The result? A piece of tile that’s not just made—it’s crafted.

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