Living room fireplace with green and brown tiled surround and a fire burning, flanked by dark wood cabinets with glass doors, with artwork and a TV above the mantel.

Living room with a fireplace featuring green tiles with yellow floral accents, dark wood cabinets on either side, and decorative items on the mantelpiece.

Decorative tile wall with three yellow and green floral pattern tiles arranged in a row, surrounded by plain green tiles.

Decorative ceramic tiles with a flower design in yellow, black, and green, surrounded by plain green and brown tiles.

Little Journeys Fireplace

Arts and Crafts fireplace by Motawi Tileworks featuring Dard Hunter art tiles.

Decorative tile with a stylized rose design in beige, green, and black.

Tile featured in this project:

4x4 Little Journeys Flower (Wheat)

A decorative square ceramic tile with a geometric pattern of green and gold lines on a black background.

4x4 Little Journeys Leaf (Wheat)

A decorative tile featuring a stylized flower with green leaves and a black outline, set against a beige background.

4x8 Checkerpot Rose (Wheat)

Glazes featured in this project:

Close-up of a square, textured ceramic tile with rounded edges, showing signs of rust or corrosion along the borders.

Close-up of a black, textured square ceramic tile with rounded corners

Close-up of a brown, textured, ceramic tile.

5002 Lee Green

5202 Granite RETIRED

5184 Dark 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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