Tales from the Tileworks
Why Handmade Tile Shrinks (And Why That Matters)
When we fire a tile, something invisible happens. The clay loses water. It gets smaller. For our wall body clay, that shrinkage is around seven percent. For our porcelain, it's...
The Great Countertop Comeback: Why Ceramic Is Having Its Moment and what you need to know
Photo: Design: L'Atelier HA /Tiles sourced CE.SI.Remember when tile countertops were the kitchen standard? Then came the nineties and the promise of flawlessly flat surfaces — quartz, granite, marble slabs...
How to Say Yes to the Big Order (And Actually Deliver)
We just landed our biggest order to date — a full custom handmade tile package for a hotel pool project. And honestly? It felt good to say yes with confidence....
A Real Re-Introduction
Tile Talk Tuesday: A Real Re-Introduction Hi, I'm Lindsay. And if you're new here — welcome. If you've been here a while — thank you. Either way, I thought it...
Painting Delft With My Seven-Year-Old
This week, my son Dino sat down at the painting table in our Nashville studio with a brush in his hand and a blank ivory tile in front of him....
Meet Warm Molasses
Tile Talk Tuesday: Meet Warm Molasses Every once in a while, a glaze comes out of the kiln and just… stops you. Not because it fits neatly into...
The Tile Remembers
Every tile we make has been touched by a real person. Pressed.Glazed.Loaded into a kiln.Unloaded.Inspected. Not by a machine. By hands. At Red Rock Tileworks, there isn’t a single step...
Twenty Years of Becoming
I didn't start Red Rock Tileworks to be the biggest tile maker in America. I started it because I knew I was good at art, and I needed to make...