screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos
Mariana Duarte Santos

Through the Back Door

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screen-printed tile. Screen printing on ceramic with varnish. Limited edition. Illustration by Mariana Duarte Santos

Through the Back Door

Regular price €85,00
Sale price €85,00 Regular price
Unit price
hand-built banner

ONE BY ONE

with the slab technique

hand-pulled banner

ONE COLOR AT A TIME

directly onto the clay

fica editions limited editions

SCARCE AND COLLECTIBLE

small batch editions

SCREEN PRINTING MEETS CERAMICS

SCREEN PRINTED WITH VARNISH

Find out more about the production of this edition

screen printed with varnish. hand built tile

WITH PORTUGUESE RED EARTHENWARE

FROM PLASTIC TO GLAZEWARE

Each tile is made one by one, with the slab technique, which involves rolling out the clay into flat pieces, using a slab roller.

Throughout the entire process, theres a lot of testing, cutting, waiting, handling, pressing, shelving and frequent follow-up, all of which require great care and patience.

screen printed tile - screen printing with varnish. low relief tile effect

BEFORE THE FIRST FIRING

SOFT LEATHER-HARD STAGE

After building the tile, during the soft leather-hard stage, we apply a layer of engobe with a brush. Once we screen print with varnish and let it sit, the tiles are scrubbed with a moistened sponge to remove the engobe layer and some clay, creating a low relief effect.

With screen printing it's possible to print directly onto the clay, at various stages, using different types of coatings, resulting in diverse aesthetics. 

In this collection, we use more than one process.

ceramic firing process

MELTING THE GLAZE ONTO THE BISQUEWARE

FIRING OVER 1000°C

On this edition, every piece is finished with transparant glaze.

Before it's finished, each tile goes through two firings - bisque and glaze - at around 1000°C(1832°F). From closing to opening the kiln, each firing can last more than 24 hours.