David Regan Tile

Handmade Porcelain Tile · Missoula, Montana

Body
Vitreous porcelain
Glaze fired to
2300 degrees
Production
Made to order
Lead time
Four to six weeks
Catalogue / Tile Patterns

How the Tile Is Made

All of our tiles are made from vitreous porcelain and glaze fired to 2300 degrees. That produces a surface more durable than most commercially available tile. The richness and depth of colour comes from varying thickness of a single coloured glaze, which recedes and pools over a subtly embossed surface.

Body
Vitreous porcelain
Firing
Glaze fired to 2300 degrees
Surface
Single glaze pooled over embossing
Glaze range
Six colours, studio recipes
Suitability
Walls and splashbacks, not floors
Field tile
Plain field tile $44.00 a square foot

Tile Patterns

Each record carries the pattern size and price as it stands in the catalogue schedule. The full index of eighteen patterns is on the Tile Patterns page.

Drawn glaze ornament for the Ivy tile pattern

Embossed Field Tile

Ivy

A field of ivy leaves carved into the tile face, so the growth carries on across a run of tiles.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Embossed Field Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the Water tile pattern

Embossed Field Tile

Water

Moving water cut as shallow ripples, which the glaze pools into as it recedes over the embossing.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Embossed Field Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the Vine tile pattern

Embossed Field Tile

Vine

An arts and crafts vine that meets itself at each tile edge, so the line runs unbroken across a field.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Embossed Field Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the Lily Pad tile pattern

Embossed Field Tile

Lily Pad

Lily pads on still water, cut deep enough that the glaze gathers at the edge of each pad.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Embossed Field Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the Wave tile pattern

Embossed Field Tile

Wave

Concentric wave crests in the old decorative manner, repeating cleanly across a whole wall.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Embossed Field Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the India Border tile pattern

Border Tile

India Border

A border drawn from Indian ornament, run as a band where a tiled field meets plaster or paint.

Size
6" x 6" x 1/4"
Price
$21.50
Family
Border Tile
Drawn glaze ornament for the Pond Life Backsplash tile pattern

Backsplash Sets

Pond Life Backsplash

Pond life running the width of a splashback. Tiles are also sold singly at $21.50 for 6" x 6" and $15.00 for 3" x 6".

Size
36" wide x 6" high x 1/4"
Price
$137.50
Family
Backsplash Sets
Drawn glaze ornament for the Conch Shell Backsplash tile pattern

Backsplash Sets

Conch Shell Backsplash

A conch shell built from five tiles that assemble into one square panel.

Size
12" x 12" x 1/4" assembled
Price
$165.00
Family
Backsplash Sets

Glazes and Installations

Glaze Colours

You pick the tile pattern, you pick the glaze colour. Every pattern except the Picture Tile series can be glazed in any colour in the range. The recipes are our own, using natural materials mined directly from the earth.

  • Green glaze swatch
    Green
  • Amber glaze swatch
    Amber
  • Medium Turquoise glaze swatch
    Medium Turquoise
  • Gray glaze swatch
    Gray
  • Blue glaze swatch
    Blue

The full glaze range

Installations

The installation pages carry projects submitted by customers on completion of their own work, showing how a small grouping of patterned tile set into a larger field of plain tile changes a room.

  • Field patterns run as a whole wallEmbossed
  • A band closing the top of a splashbackBorder
  • One picture tile set among plain tilePicture
  • An assembled scene behind a basinBacksplash

Installation projects

Ordering Conditions

Tile is made to order in the studio rather than held in stock, so the schedule below governs every order placed from this catalogue.

Lead time
Four to six weeks, or immediate if the pattern and colour are in stock
Deposit
Fifty per cent down at the time of order
Glaze variation
Some variation occurs between batches, so order all tile at once
Placement
Weatherproof, but not suitable for floors because of the embossed surface
Quantity breaks
Less 5, 10 and 15 per cent by volume
Outside the USA
Quoted separately from the published schedule

The full schedule with every quantity break is on the Prices and Ordering page.