How We Make Our Tile: The Firing Process

The process of firing handmade tiles at Clay Squared.

Clay Squared to Infinity tiles are fired to what is referred to in ceramics as “low-temperature” (cone 04 - 1,922° Fahrenheit). Careful spacing of the tiles in the kiln is necessary to prevent the tiles from fusing together. In the kiln, the glaze turns to glass and fuses to the now vitrified clay body.

Our tiles are fired only once. That is, the greenware (unbaked clay) is first glazed and then fired. (This differs from traditional firing methods where the tiles are bisque-fired before glazing and then put through an additional glaze firing.) After the tiles are dried and glazed, the kiln is loaded. The once-fired process takes approximately 24 hours: first to heat to temperature and then to cool the kiln. When the tiles are cool enough to touch, they are unloaded from the kiln, checked for quality, counted, and then either packaged for shipping or boxed for showroom pick up.

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