Transforming your ideas into permanent tile art!
Ceramic tile is one of the oldest art forms known to man kind..it will stand the elements of time! My vision is to enhance the versatility and creativity of tile! After several overseas travels, I fell in love with the medium of hand painted ceramic tile. I left a teaching profession and started Payne Creations Tile in 1984.
My technical experimentation has evolved into a definitive style of ceramic glazing/blending impressionistic painting with stained glass characteristics. I have an innate sense of color transformation from earlier years of painting into glazing techniques on tile. I often fire tiles numerous times to achieve the right texture and color. I build up the glaze to achieve a rich etched look!
The permanence and color of hand painted ceramic tiles have made it a wonderful medium for residential and commercial projects. My tile murals have enhanced and been a part of shopping centers, museums, donor walls, hospitals, casinos, high school, colleges, parks, fountains, swimming pools, wine cellars, residential homes, and signage for developments.
Custom Hand Painted Tile Murals & Decorative Tiles Designed For:
All Decorative Art Tiles and Hand Painted Ceramic Tiles are created from the highest quality bisques and glazes, by using multiple firings and special techniques. Carolyn achieves “extreme quality” hand painted art tiles, adding greater color depth and a third dimension of texture, adding visible value.
Carolyn’s work has been featured in the following publications: Better Homes and Gardens, Kitchen and Bath Ideas, House Beautiful, Professional Builder Luxury Homes, Country Decorating Ideas Bedrooms and Baths, Country Living, The Guild Designer Source Book, Tile Letter, Tile & Decorative Surfaces, Flash Point/Tile Heritage Foundation, PACE Interior Architecture/Hong Kong, PACE Interior Beaute/Hong Kong
* Extreme Quality – achieved by adding additional color depth and texture to high value, custom created, hand painted, art tiles.
My Creative Process & Installation
Consultation with the client is the first step to get a feel for the space and the desired effect we want to establish. A rendering is then okayed before the work begins.
To create the tile mural, Carolyn first draws on tracing paper and then transfers the drawing to the tiles. The wax line work is applied either by hand or by silk screening. Carolyn often fires the tiles several times, and the glazes she employs cause the colors to change to a brilliant richness after the first firing. Carolyn likes to work in the cuerda seca method of a wax/oil line and raised glazes.
Installation
The tiles can be permanently installed or installed on removable panels. The panels fit together and are caulked so they appear as one, but can be removed or sold as art separately if the home is sold.
Payne Creations does not do permanent installations, but oversees the installation and can assist in finding a suitable installer. Payne Creations ensures that proper tile and materials are used for the application. Removable panels can be assembled in the studio and arrangements made for delivery.
Some Commissions
Salina Regional Health Foundation, Salina, KS
Country Club Plaza, JC Nichols Co. Kansas City, MO
H & R Bloch Cancer Foundations, Kansas City, MO
Ashland University Chapel, Ashland, Ohio
The Promenade at Chenel, Red Development Co. Little Rock, Arkansas
Tuileries Plaza, Kansas City, MO
M & L Bank, Briarcliff Development Co. NKC, MO
City of North Kansas City, Community Center NKC, MO
School of Social Welfare, Univesity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Harrah’s Casino, East Chicago, IL
Synergy Services Inc., Parkville, MO
Shawnee Mission Indian Museum, Shawnee Mission, KS
Park University Parkville, MO
Lehigh Univesity, Bethlehem, PA
St Pius X High School, Kansas City, MO
Saint James Catholic School, Liberty MO
La Quinta Mansion/Wesleyan College, Bartlesville, OK