Artist Janice Walrafen creates handmade decorative relief tile, murals, and sculptures from clay in her studio in East Montpelier, Vermont. Inspired by her love and connection to the diversity and beauty of nature, she creates handmade one-of–a-kind and multiple tile by carving into moist clay, creating a subtle relief … Read more Artist Janice Walrafen creates handmade decorative relief tile, murals, and sculptures from clay in her studio in East Montpelier, Vermont. Inspired by her love and connection to the diversity and beauty of nature, she creates handmade one-of–a-kind and multiple tile by carving into moist clay, creating a subtle relief image in the clay giving it a dimensional and textural quality.

The decorative relief tile are created by pressing clay into an original plaster mold. Each tile is carefully dried, fired and hand painted with studio-made glazes, fired a second time to stoneware temperature of 2200 degrees, creating colorful and unique tiles. They can be installed into a field of tile, hung on the wall as artwork (each tile is notched on the back and can be hung with a small headed nail) or used as a trivet. Custom design tile is available upon request.