Jerusalem Pottery Tiles

In jerusalem today armenian pottery or armenian ceramics has become a household phrase.

Jerusalem pottery tiles.

Madaba map 6th century map of jerusalem t226 50. Christian tile gift items and religious art from jerusalem colorful religious art tile bible stories and verses hand painted in jerusalem. In 1919 a group of armenian ceramic artists from turkey were invited to jerusalem and commissioned to renovate the ceramic tiles covering the exterior walls of the dome of the rock. We shopped in the studio store.

When someone mentions armenian pottery it immediately conjures up mental images of finely hand painted floral ceramic plates tiles and pottery painted with cobalt blues deep turquoises and bright reds. Karakashian who together with his partner established a pottery in jerusalem in 1922. Via dolorosa t225 22. One of those ceramic artists was my grandfather m.

This makes us one of the oldest if not the oldest business in existence in jerusalem. We invite you to go through the process of creating a vase and a pomegranate to see how hand painted armenian pottery of jerusalem. The studio is currently being run by neshan balian jr whose grandfather neshan balian sr came to jerusalem in 1919 from kutahya turkey. Balian is the real thing and each piece is a genuine work of art.

The balian tile studio also specializes in the relatively new art of digital ceramic whereby any tile design image sent to us can be reproduced on. The western wall t224 22. Welcome to our hand painted christian tile gift pages we are proud to present our unique religious tile art and gift items made by family tradition in jerusalem since 1922. The vibrant hues and intricate patterns were developed by prominent armenian master potters and kept a family secret to past down through the generations.

All pottery pieces and tiles are produced in our workshop by my wife sonia and myself. Each piece is hand built and hand painted with the highest standards one of a kind original and signed. The balian family of jerusalem has been producing exclusive hand painted ceramic tiles and pottery since 1922. World famous for their striking bold colors and traditional designs these hand painted ceramic wares will truly astound you.

The jerusalem cross tile t246 22. Saw numerous examples of the gorgeous tiles and pieces this studio has produced for a wide range of clients. The shops in the old city are filled with fake jerusalem pottery so shop with care. 3x6 jerusalem tile t228 14 al quds jerusalem in arabic t268 22.

Armenian ceramic wall hanging fish image tile holy land israel jerusalem tiles handmade colorful decorative colorful hand painted pottery langerjewelry 5 out of 5 stars 44 21 99 free shipping. Armenian ceramics have a unique history in the land of israel. Holy sepulcher t222 22.