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Bring a little bit of the outdoors indoors with our hand-carved, handmade ceramic tile turtles. Our tile sea turtles / freshwater turtle tiles / honu turtle tiles are beautiful from their head down to their toes.

"We are very happy with the way our "Honu" turned out in the entryway of our home in Kona, Hawaii. We will enjoy our entry for years to come!" D. Johnson

On the Big Island of Hawaii, Honu the giant green sea turtle is an important part of the culture. In many ways it is sacred to Hawaiians. Bring one or more of these sea turtle ceramic tiles / giant tortoise tiles into your home today with Tiles with Style.

Please allow extra time for ceramic tile sea turtles. These are extremely difficult to produce and often crack when firing. They are large expanses of clay which shrink and contract while firing. They are worth the wait!

This ceramic tile turtle is 30 inches from it's nose to it's rear fins. We can make a smaller turtle tile, down to 4 " in length, or a larger tile turtle by making the tile turtle shell in several pieces, increasing the giant sea turtle ceramic tile shell to up to 7 pieces.

Because of a change in clay base, the 2008 turtle ceramic tiles are now made in 4 pieces. The 3 center tortoise shell hexes are inserts. A much nicer shell!

Just look at the detail of this ceramic tile turtle — spectacular!

The small black bands that separate the brown glaze from the orange is actually a charcoal black grout. Deep score lines were made with a sculpting tool, allowing the bisque tile to show through and easily accept the grout. This makes for an extremely clean color separation and greatly utilizes the grout as part of the turtle shell tile design. Sanded grout — not just an other filler for in between square ceramic tiles!

How did we do it?

The brown part of the ceramic tile turtle shell was glazed with this unique combination:

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Mayco Safari Crystallite & Black Cobblestone glaze

The ceramic tile turtle fins were glazed with this color combination:

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Mayco Blue Caprice JungleJems & Black Cobblestone glaze

This turtle tile is made to coordinate with a modern turquoise and orange kitchen. Two 30" ceramic tile turtles will be on a 72 x 36 ceramic tile table. Surrounding the two large turtle tiles will be a tiled beach of sand — complete with tiny starfish ceramic tiles. Each square surrounding ceramic tile is cut to create an interlocking piece of ceramic tile art.

The top view turtle ceramic tiles are great for floors, while the side view turtle tiles are ideal for ceramic tile wall applications.

Turtle ceramic tile 2008 cost and approximate sizes:

• 18"    $165

• 24"    $195

• 30"    $225

See glazes for available colors.

All aquatic-shaped ceramic tiles are available in a multitude of shapes, colors, and finishes. Tiles are approximately 1/4" thick. We have the flexibility to make them any thickness you require.