What your color choices say about you.

What does it mean when you choose to paint your walls pink? Why are you so attracted to purple? Find out below (If you want to explore color and its impact on emotion and expression, learn about the Dreaming in Color Luman Deck.)

RED
Red denotes assertiveness, dominance, power, attention, sexual energy, robust health, determination, passion, persistence, excitement, strength, aggression. Red increases enthusiasm, energy, engenders confidence, protects us from fear and anxiety.
Did you know? Red light is used to treat migraines; in China, it is associated with good luck and good fortune. Since blood is red, it is considered to be a symbol of life.

“I love red so much; I almost want to paint everything red.” - Alexander Calder

PINK
Pink denotes romance, lightheartedness, happiness, good health, serenity, friendliness, compassion, faithfulness, femininity, calmness. Pink is sensual without the aggression of red.
Did you know? Pink’s calming qualities make it a very easy color to live with; in fact, a documented experiment with prisons painting the walls pink in the 1970s proved successful in the calming of the inmates.

“Pink is just mauve trying to be purple.” -James M. Whistler

ORANGE
Fruits of the earth, congeniality, happiness, socializing, courage, success, enthusiasm, boldness, adventure, friendship, warmth, informality, welcoming, movement, energy.
Did you know? In  marketing, orange is used for packaging because it has a “freshness” appeal. Orange is often found in cafeterias and fast food restaurants because it has been proven to generate higher sales.

“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” - Vincent Van Gogh

BROWN
Informality, solidity, authenticity, order, reliability, approachability, relaxation, stability, wholesomeness, earthiness,  masculinity.
Did you know? Chocolate brown and robin’s egg blue are a very popular Feng Shui color combination. Too, men are more likely to choose brown as their “favorite color”.

“God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” -Anne Sexton

YELLOW
Alertness, joy, optimism, confidence, stimulation, enthusiasm, playfulness, cheer, communicativeness, expression, intelligence, intellectual power, the sun.
Did you know? Yellow is an appropriate color for a room used for studying because it has a stimulating effect on the mind. Its intensity is also good for stairs and corridors that don’t receive natural light. Although yellow has become symbolic for caution or, semantically, cowardice, it is a joyous color that promotes freedom, inhibition and intellectual curiosity.  It enhances concentration, but can be unsettling if either overused or used in over-saturated tones.

“Yellow is capable of charming God.” -Vincent Van Gogh

GREEN
Nature, balance, freshness, relaxing, soothing, renewal, fertility, earth, compassion, prosperity, prestige, growth, abundance, money, vitality, harmony, efficiency.
Did you know? Leonardo DaVinci declared that green was the color to represent water. In addition, green is most people’s second favorite color, second only to blue.

“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious.” -Wassily Kandinsky

AQUA
Soothing, crisp, dynamic, active, imagination, clairvoyance, creative adaptability.
Did you know? Many consider aqua to be the definitive color symbol of the art deco movement.

TURQUOISE
Refreshment, idealism, control, compassion, clarity, peace, sophistication, retro, cool, imaginative, innovation, youth; name is based on the stone.
Did you know? In holistic medicine, turquoise’s calming effect on patients is used to treat panic attacks. Similarly, hospitals use turquoise on the walls for a calming effect. Like aqua, turquoise is prevalent in art deco. Too much turquoise promotes aloofness.

“The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.” -Christian Dior

BLUE
To love and be loved, high regard, knowledge, authority, trust, serious, responsibility, peace, social status, caring, health, intuition, caring, happiness, calmness, honesty, loyalty, integrity.
Did you know? Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty. People are more productive in blue rooms. Studies show weightlifters are able to handle heavier weights in blue gyms. The majority of people are likely to say blue is their favorite color.

“Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the Deity to be a source of delight.” -John Ruskin

PURPLE
Spiritual advancement, sacredness, eccentricity, wealth, creativity unleashed, passion, higher consciousness, vision, regal, power, respect, dignity, luxury, mystery, royalty.
Did you know? Only the most expensive dyes were used to make the color purple, which is one reason it is associated with wealth and power. Synonymous with royalty, purple is often preferred by artists, spiritualists and deeply creative people. Purple is the ultimate bridge between warm and cold, as it is comprised of red and blue, two opposite primary colors–making it the “ideal” color, the blending of Yin and Yang of the spectrum.

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” - Alice Walker

LAVENDER
Romantic, imaginative, elegance, fantasy, gentility, grace, preciousness, nostalgia, romance, some of the characteristics of purple but without the mystery or level of passion.
Did you know? The complementary color for lavender is olive. Lavender is considered the color of intellectual thought as opposed to action.

“Add a drop of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you’re laughing at it.” -Bill Bailey

MAGENTA
Outrageous, healing,  imaginative, innovative, daring, anti-conventional, anti-authority.
Did you know? At the expressive level, used in artistry, where magenta is less aggressive and more spiritual than red, it is more realistic than purple. It is volatile, optimistic, and affectionate, creating a feeling of satisfaction and  self-respect, while being imaginative and innovative as well. Ivory, black, warm gray and ivory work particularly well with magenta.

“I’m like, hey girl, magenta! and she’s like, oh, you mean purple! and she goes off on her purple thing, and I’m like, no – I want magenta!” -John Mayer

GOLD
Illumination, wisdom, prestige, expensive , good health, optimism, personal power, success, worldly riches.
Did you know? In Elizabethan times, permission to wear the color gold was decreed by law.

“The color of gold is gold. That’s why it’s called gold.” -Unknown

SILVER
Prestige, richness, scientific, distinguished, earthiness, abundance, the awakening of the cosmic mind.
Did you know? Silver is the best-selling car color in North America. Dorothy’s ruby slippers in “The Wizard of Oz” were originally silver (as per Baum’s book) until Louis Meyer decided a ruby red would be better.

BLACK
Elegance, power, protection, control, authority, dignity, sophistication, seduction, mystery, solitude, nobility, elegance, that which is hidden.
Did you know? Black is the absence of all color and light. Black is known to provide freedom from distraction. Because black color brings the feng shui energy of grounding and stability, its best use indoors should be not much higher than the eye level. Black is one of the boldest, most powerful colors; and the most intense against a white background.  Because of this, designers and advertisers often use just black and white for greater effect, despite all the other colors available.

“I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

GRAY
Brainy, class, efficiency, sophisticated, confidence.
Did you know? Completely colorblind people can only see black, white and shades of gray. Gray is known to blend well with almost every color, but is especially lovely with aqua, purple, pink, red.

“The color of truth is gray.” -Andre Gide

WHITE
Virtue, fertility, cleanliness, status, prosperity, innocence, peace, silence, wholeness.
Did you know? In the West, white is the color for weddings. In the East, white is the color of mourning and funerals. Unlike black, which is the total absence of color, white contains every color in the spectrum.

“White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. God paints in many colors; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white.” -G.K. Chesterton

Custom decorative tile: what tile finish should I choose?

Customers frequently ask what kind of tiles they should use for their new custom art backsplash, tile wall mural, tile border or floor.

First, let’s talk about standard custom imaged tile sizing: the standard sizes available for custom-imaged tile are: 4.25″ square, 4.00″ square (tumbled stone only), 6″ square, 8″ square, and 12″ square. 6″ x 6″ tile is the most frequently used size for tile murals. One might consider using larger tile sizes for bigger spaces. I personally don’t recommend 4.25″ tile for mural work, unless you space demands it and you are not covering a large area–it will look way too busy. So your mural must mathematically be in increments of these numbers.

Invariably, the first thing I will ask my customer is where in the home the tile is going to be installed, because that will impact my answer to a certain degree. If the mural is going to be splashed with hot cooking grease and be installed in a busy area that tends to get dirty (like a backsplash behind a stove), my recommendation would be glass–and that’s because the cleanup is by far the easiest. Would other tiles work behind a stove? Positively. But they won’t be as maintenance-free as glass.

For full disclosure purposes, I must confess to having a preference when it comes to tile, especially tile with my own art on it. My first choice is glass. Why? A few reasons, the most compelling one being aesthetic. You can’t touch glass when it comes to beauty and jaw-dropping impact. Ceramic and tumbled stone are beautiful, but glass—glass sings on a stage all its own. Glass receives color magnificently, so it is the perfect choice for artwork that is rich with color. In addition, unlike other types of tiles we custom print, the image is printed on the back–not the front–of the glass. That means you are looking through the glass to see the image, and the effect is reminiscent of gazing through a very still pool of water down to the art below. Glass also cleans up very easily–a regular glass cleaner will work just fine, and the image won’t be impacted at all, since it will never touch your hands or your cleaning fluid. Another powerful reason: glass does not require grout. No muss, no fuss, and no dingy grout to scrub in the future.

Glass Tile

While we’re on the subject of glass tiles, Color Bakery has a special art technique which mimics the full effect of stained glass. When we print it on glass, it’s very much like the real thing but without the expense and limitations of stained glass. In fact, this art can also be printed on ceramic tile and it will still have a stunning, stained-glass feel. (See images below, click on image for large size).

Stained Glass Artwork on Glass Tile

Stained Glass Artwork on Ceramic Tile

Now, while we’re on the subject of grout, that is personal taste. Ceramic does not require grout, and neither does glass–but tumbled stone does. We’ll talk about that in a bit. “But won’t the glass break?” an interior decorator once asked my frustrated husband, who had spent an hour and a half on the phone with her as she kept asking the same questions over and over. “Not unless you have a habit of standing there and swinging a sixteen pound sledgehammer at it,” he said, and we heard giggling in the background from the client herself. This glass is pretty tough; I’ve accidentally dropped these tiles many times (yes, I am a bit of a klutz) and they almost never scratched, chipped or broke. Was I lucky? Sure. But this glass is 1/4″ thick with beveled edges and you have to work pretty hard at smashing them up.

If there is a downside to glass, it tends to have a sleek, modernish look. For those who really want an old-world, vintage, antique flavor glass is probably not going to be their best choice. Tumbled stone (tumbled marble, tumbled porcelain) will be more appropriate.

Tumbled stone tends to be slightly off-white, and the colors will be slightly impacted by that–they will be less saturated. This will result in an antiqued, slightly muted finish that is wonderful for old style classic paintings by the masters, vintage art or photography, retro patterns, etc. What is important to remember about tumbled stone is that it is real stone, and stone is imperfect. It has cracks, jagged edges, crevices, chipped corners. If you’re into perfection, you should not opt for tumbled stone. If you love a vintage, antiqued, earthen look, you will adore it, and you will find those flaws add to, not detract from, the beauty of the tile. If you want “The Last Supper“ or Van Gogh’s “Olive Grove” on tumbled stone, you will be thrilled with the aged, classic effect.

A less expensive alternative to both glass and stone is ceramic tile. Ceramic comes in three different finishes: matte, satin and high gloss. I heartily recommend satin because matte is a bit dull and looks a bit unfinished; high gloss can blind you with glare and, if you look at it the wrong way, it’ll scratch. And boy, you’ll notice it. Satin is the best choice, not too glossy but has a nice, satiny subtle finish that enriches the art without overpowering it. Aesthetically, ceramic is clean and modern looking, but not overly so. It has a bright white surface so the colors will reproduce beautifully.

Now that we’ve covered tile choices, let’s talk about artwork. If you are choosing a pattern for a backsplash or a tile border, it makes sense to try to match your color scheme and overall decor by choosing an art piece (or having us design custom art just for you) that matches. But if you are choosing a piece of art, I would urge you to choose a piece you love and not worry one whit about matching your decor. If you choose art based on the color scheme and not the quality of the artwork or how it makes you feel when you look at it, I feel you are doing yourself and your personal space a great disservice. Art is art; it doesn’t always have to match your walls or your wallpaper. So what if the sky has aqua in it and you don’t have any aqua in your living room? Art is not always another element of your color and design scheme, it can be a deeply personal expression and when you treat it as such, the end result surpasses all expectations. Drapes and carpet need to match and complement each other; not a piece of art, which is what some tile murals may be. is. The bottom line? Only you can decide whether the tile piece you are buying is part of your decor or is meant to be a piece of art. Whatever the case may be, Color Bakery will work with you to either select an image or create a new one that brings your vision to life on tile.

Color Bakery also makes custom tile floors. Floors require a special floor tile that is scratch resistant and can receive weight safely. Floor tiles come  in tempered/textured glass, ceramic and porcelain. They are available in 8 x 8 and 12 x 12 tiles. With floors, you can be very creative–you can either have a mural (one image divided) or you can use a pattern. Or, you can alternate one pattern or coordinating patterns throughout solid colored tiles. In other words, you can use them as the full floor or merely accent tiles. Below is a custom tile mural floor we created for a customer who requested a custom Zodiac wheel:

A tile mural or backsplash can totally transform a room, it can become its most beautiful focal point. It will give you great pleasure for many years to come. Color Bakery’s calling card is transformative tile projects of the most customized kind. Please contact us if you’d like to learn more.

Custom ceramic tile kitchen art design, Country French hen and coordinating patterns

What Color Bakery does best–and what is indeed our calling card and pretty much an anomaly in the tile industry– is to work closely with our clients, taking on an interior designer and artist role. We love working with our clients, making suggestions, offering guidance, and then putting together a game plan that is not only one of a kind, but totally transforms a room or space–keeping the customer’s tastes in mind. First we talk to the client about their wish list, then we try to get pictures of the space in question. Then we discuss artwork and color–usually the customer will want a piece or pieces designed from scratch, but sometimes they want an existing piece of artwork manipulated to suit their taste and color scheme. This project had a little bit of both–art manipulation and custom, from-scratch design.

Sandi, a new client, delivered a kitchen tile design challenge to us recently; she had some tile space in her brand new kitchen that she wanted to cover over. I believe the painted tile designs came with her new house and she didn’t like the artwork but she didn’t want to rip out tile, either.  She told me that she felt that the kitchen needed some strong accent color. I couldn’t agree with her more–the kitchen badly needed some color, it was basically all white. She wasn’t really sure how she wanted to approach a backsplash and some accent tiles, so she came to us for ideas, custom artwork and custom tiles. (Addendum: the client just emailed me, and this is what she wrote, verbatim:)

Hey Mindy, I had meant to write to you sooner, but life got away from me. We just moved into the new house and things are EVERYWHERE! I got the tiles and mural this week and they are BEAUTIFUL!!!! I am really excited to have them installed as they are going to make this kitchen pop. I will send you pictures of the before and after once it is all done. We have a few weeks to wait as I am having some of the cabinet doors remade. I don’t want to start the work until we can finish it, so it may be closer to the end of July or August at the rate this unpacking is going

Thanks again for your workmanship- this is truly one of a kind and I love it! I’m so glad I found you online.
Sandi

When we first started talking about her kitchen, asked me if she could cover the old tiles with new ones, and I told her yes, she could. Many of our clients have done so successfully. Our ceramic deco tiles are thin enough not to jut out too much, and in fact, if installed properly it can give a stunning three dimensional look that is even more dramatic than flat tiling. She was concerned that the tiles had finished edges (I assured her they did), and then when she realized the possibilities, she couldn’t contain her excitement. Below, see a photo of the three spaces she wanted to cover and transform with custom tile (click on image for full size):

After some discussion, Sandi and I decided to do an 18″ x 18″ ceramic tile mural using 6″ x 6″ tiles for the backsplash, ensuring the mural would not need any cutting/trimming. Banking both sides of the mural would be two strips of 4.25″ ceramic tiles going down in rows of four, flanking the mural. The flanking strips would be complementary patterns that worked with the main mural. Two of the tiles *might* require some trimming to fit beneath the cabinets, but they would not be part of the mural, just individual tiles.

As to the art, Sandi fell in love with a very old, vintage French poster from 1910 that we offer on Vintage Mural. The size was wrong and the colors were wrong. Sandi wanted bold cobalt blues, reds, yellows. She had a square space, but the image was rectangular. That was a problem. Cropping it would look bad, the eggs would be chopped in half. On top of that, the image was extremely old and damaged, so we really had our work cut out for us. (See image below)

Below, you will see the vintage French poster totally transformed, and redone to fit into a square space. It was also extensively retouched and recolored. Flanking the sides of the mural are custom designed accent tiles to coordinate with the main image: (click image for bigger size)

Finally, here are the two strips of custom accent tiles we designed from scratch for her other two horizontal spaces to cover the floral tiles (see below, click image for full size):

And that is how Color Bakery transformed a kitchen space. When the tiles go up, we will post photos here! If you have any questions or would like your own custom transformative tile project for your home, contact us.

Natural Impressions Artwork; magnolias and cattails and warm earth tones

Color Bakery’s newest piece, “Natural Impressions”, features white magnolias, leaves and foliage silhouettes against a palate of warm oranges, yellows, olives, grays, vermilions and cerises. This is the newest addition to our wildly popular Organica Gallery.

As with all Color Bakery artwork, this piece is available for custom printing on all our products. When it comes to tiles and tile murals, the beauty of this style of art (called a “Nine Patch” in the biz) is that it lends itself to any layout–whether it’s square or rectangular, the image never needs to be cropped…it can just be arranged to size.

Want this art on a poster, framed print or canvas? Click here.

Home Decor in Vintage Damask.

It may not feel like it yet, but Spring is coming. After a long, cold winter, nothing is more exciting than adding beautiful new home decor accents to your home for a fresh look. Vintage art, and texture, fabric (especially damask) is very hot right now. Real fabric was used in the creation of these new original art pieces, all of which are perfect for all your home decor projects. This art works especially well in the kitchen and bathroom, but will also be a beautiful accent in any room in the house. Whether it’s glass tile, a clock or a kitchen backsplash, these pieces of original art are available for purchase and custom printing on all Color Bakery products. To see the newest Color Bakery artwork including these pieces and others, please visit our Vintage Art Gallery.

If you would like to buy posters or framed prints of these images, click here and visit our Zazzle Store, “Yesterday’s Girl.”

Custom Glass place settings at Color Bakery!

Have you ever seen glass (not fabric) placemats/place settings? Take a look at this *click image to purchase*

The most beautiful designer homes are using glass placemats instead of fabric. The best thing about these place settings of glass, besides their eye candy appeal, is the fact that they are sturdy, scratch-resistant, will never stain, and they never need laundering. You just wipe them clean and they’re ready to go. When you add matching napkins and coffee mugs, you end up with a dining table that will be simply jaw-droppingly beautiful and will protect your table like fabric never could. They won’t scratch, won’t fade, they’re easy to clean and they look just awesome. We can customize any image from the Color Bakery website for your glass placemats, and there are great combination prices if you buy the napkins, placemats and mugs, too. What a designer look! Click here to learn more.

New Color Bakery’s New Products! NEWS!

At Color Bakery, resting and being content with the status quo is simply not an option. We are constantly thinking about beautiful new pieces of wearable art, art gifts or home decor accents with which we can customize with original artworks.

We’re recently partnered with a major custom product manufacturer, and, together, have been discussing, developing and implementing ideas about how to implement my “wish list” of products that I want to carry on Color Bakery. This “wish list” is based upon what you, our customers, have asked us for, and some other products I know would be both beautiful and unusual.

LARGER GLASS CUTTING BOARDS
Our first new product is here, and it’s one I’ve wanted to offer at Color Bakery for a long time. It’s a large size glass cutting board. I can’t even remember how many requests I’ve received over the years for a larger sized cutting board, easily dozens…..there is clearly a demand for it. Our standard size cutting board is 16″ x 12″, and our new cutting board is a little over 19″ x 15″. Those three inches make a huge difference as far as ease of use and eye candy power. You can now purchase this new, larger board online by clicking here and selecting the bigger size from the dropdown menu.

8 x 10 GLASS TILES
There are no words. For some reason, this glass receives ink like a color symphony. Now we can print art on glass rectangles instead of forcing them into squares, and the color is vibrant, rich and almost pulsates. You have to see them in person, no photo can do them justice. This glass is the highest quality I’ve seen. They are online and available, and every original art piece available on Color Bakery can be customized for them. A little more expensive than our other glass, they’re worth it. You can use them as decor accents, arrange them beautifully on your walls, put them in easel displays, or use them as accent tiles for your kitchen and bathroom. Purchase them here.

12″ x 12″ TUMBLED STONE PORCELAIN TILE CLOCK
We can take any Color Bakery image and custom print it on these *real* stone tile clocks, imported from Italy. They have a definite vintage flavor, as they are made from real stone and, as such, have wells, jagged edges, faultlines in the stone. Although any art image will work with these stone clocks, they are especially beautiful when customized with art from our Vintage Gallery and our Zodiac Gallery. Click here to purchase.

CRYSTAL JEWELRY-NEW!
Imagine being able to customize any piece of art on stunning crystal pendants–ovals, teardrops, rectangles. Imagine delicately sloped bevelled edges, and the effect of looking through a still pool of water at the artwork within. Everyone who has seen this jewelry has fallen madly in love, and you will, too.

Though this custom crystal jewelry is sold as necklaces/pendants, they can also be worn as earrings. They come in four different shapes/sizes: large oval, large rectangle, small rectangle and small teardrop. Click here for more info.

LAPTOP TRAVEL BAG
This is a really cool laptop travel bag–very roomy, with a special pocket for your cellphone or iphone. The custom art is printed on the flap, and the rest of the bag is a rich inky black. Click here.

LADIES’ MIRROR COMPACTS
The custom artwork  printed on the cover, and the compact is made from a modern, well-made chrome finish.They are rounded squares and a nice, generous size.

METAL KEYCHAINS
The keychains I’ve seen around that can be customized are pretty crummy. Plastic (PVC), and cheap-looking. That doesn’t cut it for Color Bakery. We’ve wanted to offer keychains for a long time, but until now, haven’t found one that meets our quality standards. This one does. Nice and substantial with some weight on it, the keychain is not plastic, but metal and takes ink beautifully.

LADIES’ PURSETTE/LARGE WALLET
Whether you use it as a small clutch or a generous wallet, you’ll love this beautiful pursette. Black leatherette and the full front fold is customized with original art. Click here.

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Vintage art, vintage wine, vintage tile.

Here are five art pieces–made especially for tile printing— with a distinctive “vintage” flavor, both in style and subject–they celebrate wine. To make them, I used antique, turn of the century vintage fruit images and adapted them in a custom pastiche.

Since many of our customers use tiles for kitchen backsplashes, they especially enjoy a wine theme–which goes with everything, even modern kitchens. (Note: these images can be adapted for rectangular murals and backsplashes, they need not be square). These pieces look especially beautiful printed on tumbled stone (porcelain or marble), but they also work surprisingly well on glass tiles. They also make great decorative accents, too, such as single tiles for coaster sets, or accent tiles in countertops, and a framed wall arrangement is would be fabulous for this vintage wine series as well. Not to mention lovely trivets.

You may purchase these art pieces on any of our products, and we will custom make them for you. (The image names and numbers can be found in our Vintage Art Gallery on Color Bakery). To order any of these images on any of our products, just type the image name in the blank field (i.e., “Merlot”, “Chardonnay”, etc). If you have any questions, please post to me here or contact us via email.

Custom Tile Patterns, Tile Patterns and More Tile Patterns

Yes, we have tile patterns. We have the most diversified and largest collection of beautiful, original art tile patterns anywhere. We have art nouveau tile patterns. We have grunge tile patterns. We have floral tile patterns. We have classic tile patterns. We have funky tile patterns. We have geometric tile patterns. We have abstract tile patterns. We have deco tile patterns. We have vintage tile patterns. We have fabric pastiche tile patterns. In fact, there isn’t a genre we don’t have. And if we don’t have what the customer wants, we can make it from scratch.

Know what else we can do that’s really cool? Let’s say you have a fabric design in your living room, a matching or coordinating pattern you’re using for bed or table linens, couch pillows and/or curtains. You send me a swatch of your pattern, and I can make you a tile mural, backsplash or tile border to match your pattern. I can even make the pattern seamless. I am confident that no other tile company can do that. Or, we can create a pattern for our customers from scratch, according to their tastes. Please remember, we can take any image on Color Bakery and print it on any product. See all our patterns here. See our online store, here.

Custom Glass Art Clocks

One of my personal favorites from Color Bakery (and one of our most popular sellers) is our custom made 12″ round glass clocks. The glass is smooth (it used to be textured but is now smooth glass) and receives ink just as beautifully as our glass tiles. We can customize both the artwork and clock design with the art of your choosing. It has mounting hardware on the back but I especially love this clock on our wrought iron clock stand–it looks beautiful on a desktop or table. Shown in photo: two images from our Chimera Gallery (left, “Self Absorbed”, middle, “Sundial”) and the image on the right is called “Batik and Lace” and is from our Pattern Gallery. For purchasing info, please click here or click the photo