We at TileWorks want to thank our loving and supportive community of stakeholders who donated during our annual holiday giving campaign. Your gift shows us how much you care for this place and the work we do here every day, and it also makes a real tangible difference in our operation health. Your gift keeps our kilns firing through the cold winter and beyond. For those who've yet to donate, please consider making a contribution to our 501c3 non-profit by clicking the donate link below. No amount is too small or too big.

Make your own traditional Pennsylvania Redware ornaments. This class is open to all ages and all skill levels. Using the traditional Sgraffito technique, participants will etch their unique designs through a thin veneer of clay slip, revealing the red earthenware clay below. TileWorks team members will provide the pre-cut ornaments coated with slip, ready for you to personalize. Participants will make five unique Redware ornaments.

Living with Craft, celebrating the meaningful role that craft plays in shaping our living environments. An installation of classic Moravian tiles made by the TileWorks team will be showcased in the exhibition at Wayne Arts Center. This exhibition is running in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of CraftForms, an international juried exhibition of contemporary fine craft.

We are proud to have been invited to participate in this event, grateful to make connections with fellow stewards of the arts in our region, and excited to showcase the fruits of our labor.

The Museum of Ceramic Art - New York (MoCA/NY) advances the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of ceramics through exhibitions, research, education, and scholarship. MoCA/NY operates as a virtual museum.

100% of the proceeds from the sale of the Silva Vocat supports MoCA/NY.
 

TileWorks will soon be listed as a cultural heritage site on the MoCA/NY website.

We invite you for a free tour of the TileWorks on Saturday, December 20th, from 10AM to 4PM. Our Big Room will be decorated to invoke the spirit of Christmas past. The table will be set for a Henry Mercer traditional holiday meal. Take home a recipe card of his favorite Christmas cookies. Watch our artisans as they make our heritage tiles. They make a great, local, hand made gift for your loved ones this holiday season.

 

TileWorks 4th Annual Holiday ornament is inspired by an original sketch by Henry Mercer himself, and adapted by the TileWorks team into a cuenca style tile. “Santa” is produced at our historic tilery and is individually hand-painted in our Heritage glaze colors.  

A good-spirited & productive weekend with great weather and good light blessed our drawing and painting workshop this November. After our morning lecture & discussion, participating artists discovered a wide mix of subjects both indoors and out, producing compositions in both charcoal and oil paint. We look forward to hosting another master class with David Stier this spring and hope to see familiar faces.

Photo by Berry Breene, Realtor - @berry.breene.realtor

Henry Chapman Mercer's tiles adorn the grand entrance of 113 Maple Avenue in Oil City, PA. Built by James C. and Elizabeth S. Black, this mansion, also know as the “Black Castle”, was built between 1927-1929 and sits on an over 10,000 square foot property. This beautiful Tudor style home is FOR SALE. This house boasts a special piece of our tile making history.

Days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder, and it's time to consider giving the heart of your home a bespoke tile facing and hearth. Spend some time in our shop, get inspired, and schedule a free design consultation with a member of our talented design team.

 

Honor your home with tile that speaks to place, history and craft.

 

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