Echo Park Pottery "Splattered" Tile

$120.00 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The Splatter tile by Echo Park Pottery  is hand crafted, each is uniquely painted. The tile was designed by ceramicist and sculptor Peter Shire and is made by residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood Echo Park. Shire founded the pottery in 1972 to create ceramics that were more reasonably priced than his gallery work, and named it after the L.A. neighborhood where he was raised. The tiles are crafted in small series using a slab construction, hand-rolled style, then individually hand painted. This process…