Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles

Learn how to make vibrant, handmade tiles by exploring clay modelling and traditional painting techniques

• Introduction
• Materials, Patterns, and Painting Exercises
• Making the Tiles and Painting Techniques
• Portuguese Patterns, Uses, and Handling
• Final project

In a country so rich in culture and history, Portugal’s colorful azulejos (ceramic tiles in Portuguese) are a picturesque part of their national heritage. Porto-based atelier Gazete Azulejos has made it their mission to preserve the historic tiles. Marisa Ferreira and Alba Plaza, founders of Gazete Azulejos, are here to teach you how to make them.

Travel to the vibrant streets of Portugal by learning how to recreate the charming ceramic tiles that adorn the country’s buildings. Discover traditional tile-making and painting techniques and create beautiful decorations that can add color to any space.

• About Us
• Influences
• Materials
• Preparation for the Techniques
• How to Paint, Tips, and Corrections
• Molding and Cutting the Clay
• Glazing and the Majolica Technique
• The Stencil and Sgraffito Techniques
• The Strezido Technique
• Combining Techniques: Freehand and Stencil
• Types of Patterns. Creating Patterns through Repetition
• Applications and Care
• Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles