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MOTAWI

Handcrafted Tile | Ceramic Art Pieces

Motawi Tileworks is a ceramics studio based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that makes handcrafted ceramic art tiles.  Nawal Motawi, owner and artistic director of The Tileworks, graduated from the University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design and made tile in her garage before founding the company in 1992. Over time, Nawal built the business through extensive reading and lots of trial and error!

Motawi Tileworks has a staff of 40+ now and has received numerous awards for the progressive practices that has helped them grow and thrive such as the Toyota Business Practices and lean manufacturing.

  • trees ceramic decorative tile
    pine landscape ceramic decorative tile
    from $ 66.00
    Motawi

    Pine Landscape | Assorted Sizes

    Pine Landscape series is adapted from Grueby Faience designer Addison LeBoutillier's tile "Pines."  Actual Tile Size: Approximately 7 7/8” x 7 ...

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    from $ 66.00
  • tree ceramic decorative tile
    tree ceramic decorative tile
    $ 153.00
    Motawi

    Montana De Oro 6x8 Tile

    Artist Yoshiko Yamamoto is a self-taught block printmaker who strives always to fuse Japanese design sensibility with fine craftsmanship. Several...

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    $ 153.00
  • tree ceramic decorative tile
    $ 142.00
    Motawi

    California Oak 6x8 Tile

    Artist Yoshiko Yamamoto is a self-taught block printmaker who strives always to fuse Japanese design sensibility with fine craftsmanship. Several ...

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    $ 142.00
  • fish ceramic tile
    fish ceramic tile
    $ 180.00
    Motawi

    Koi Pond 6x8

    Our graceful Koi Pond tile is a scaled adaptation of a larger mural originally designed for the Grand Rapids [Michigan] Art Prize competition. Th...

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    $ 180.00
  • swean ceramic decorative tile
    $ 148.00
    Motawi

    Trumpeter Swan 6x8

    Midcentury modern meets Motawi mastery in this serene scene by Charley Harper. Motawi tiles are striking art pieces and installation accents. Eac...

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    $ 148.00
  • flower motawi tile
    flower motawi tile
    $ 152.00
    Motawi

    Blossom Bliss 6x8

    Design by Cary Phillips and created into a tile by Motawi Motawi tiles are striking art pieces and installation accents. Each tile is made b...

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    $ 152.00
  • cat ceramic decorative tile
    $ 120.00
    Motawi

    Catnip 6x6 Tile

    "The hovering ruby-throated hummingbird nips nectar from a morning glory, enjoying a breakfast beverage, a motionless in-flight meal, the power o...

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    $ 120.00
  • Bird ceramic tile
    Bird ceramic tile
    $ 142.00
    Motawi

    Beach Birds 6x8

    6x8 Beach Birds is from “Charley Harper’s Animal Kingdom: A Portfolio of Prints” (originally titled “Strollin’ and Patrollin’”). We love the arti...

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    $ 142.00
  • bird decorative ceramic tile
    $ 195.00
    Motawi

    Birch Bark & Birds 8x8

    Originally painted in 2005, Birch Bark & Birds shows three nuthatches playing amongst birch trees, a common setting for many of Charley Harpe...

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    $ 195.00
  • red Dahlia wall tile
    Dahlia wall tile
    $ 136.00
    Motawi

    Dahlia 6x8

    Dahlia, a mesmerizing floral is Motawi’s take on take on a Gustav Marisch postcard published by the Wiener Werkstätte circa 1912.s. Motawi t...

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    $ 136.00
  • balloon motawi tile
    $ 235.00
    Motawi

    March Balloons 8x8

    n 1927, Wright designed a series of twelve seasonally themed monthly covers for Liberty magazine. The magazine deemed the covers too avant-garde...

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    $ 235.00
  • panda ceramic decorative tile
    panda ceramic decorative tile
    $ 148.00
    Motawi

    Panda Panda 6x8

    6x8 Panda Panda is based on a T-shirt design (and later a print) by Charley Harper. This sweet homage to panda parenthood is part of our extensi...

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    $ 148.00
  • bird ceramic decorative tile
    $ 114.00
    Motawi

    Upside Downside 6x6

    "A bird in the hand is worth two... ." Our best-selling Charley Harper tile. "Upside Downside" is taken from the lithograph of the same name. Mo...

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    $ 114.00
  • $ 102.00
    Motawi

    Sunflower 4x8 Tile

    English artist William DeMorgan created tiles that were dust-pressed flats, the designs looking like charcoal sketches overlain with watercolor p...

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    $ 102.00
  • redwood tree ceramic decorative tile
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    $ 153.00
    Motawi

    Redwood 6x8 Tile

    Artist Yoshiko Yamamoto is a self-taught block printmaker who strives always to fuse Japanese design sensibility with fine craftsmanship. Several...

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    $ 153.00
  • ceramic decorative owl tile
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    $ 118.00
    Motawi

    Family Owlbum 6x6

    "Time Owlapses, and suddenly it's twins. How come Pop's not in the picture? He's out hunting midnight snacks owl la carte." - Charley Harper This...

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    $ 118.00
  • floral decorative ceramic tile
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    $ 138.00
    Motawi

    Blooming Bell 6x8

    Blooming Bell, a stunning Jugendstil floral, is Motawi’s take on a Gustav Marisch color lithograph published by the Wiener Werkstätte circa 1912...

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    $ 138.00
  • motawi tile
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    $ 230.00
    Motawi

    Saguaro 6x8

    In 1927, Frank Lloyd Wright submitted a series of cover designs to Liberty magazine. All were rejected by the editors as too “radical” and were ...

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    $ 230.00