Seeing the amount of work that is required to make a single mosaic, it is not hard to understand why Sara now has some 150 people working for her at New Ravenna Mosaics. Of course, the sticking point in that sentence is the realization that she did not begin with 150, but with only one-and a dream.

Petracer is one of the more innovative tile companies I have ever encountered. I spent quite a bit of time on their website and saw more types of tile then I will be able to feature in this blog. I have also come across a real poet, the person who writes the copy for their site.

One of the companies that actively seeks out the beautiful and unusual in the way of tile is Ann Sacks. Aura is a new glass tile collection from Ann Sacks that very much proves what they’ve said all along, that tile is gorgeous and innovative and that it can add immeasurably to any room it adorns.

I ended last year with Lafabbrica, and I would like to begin the New Year with more of their output, because theirs is a tile company that deliberately creates cutting edge designs and then finds a way to make them happen. We can see that philosophy at work in their Floral Tiles.