Nation's Premier Tile Fest This Weekend In Bucks County
DOYLESTOWN, PA — The premier tile festival in the nation comes to Bucks County this weekend with a celebration of artistry, craftsmanship and beauty.Hosted by the Tile Works of Bucks County, "Tile Fest '24: For The Love Of Tile," takes place on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.For two days, the Tile Works at 13o East Swamp Road will be transformed into an outdoor marketplace of contemporary, vintage and antique tile displayed by makers and collectors from around the globe. Held annually since 1998, the festival celebrates handmade tile traditions and tile makers. The festival attracts ceramists, artists, designers, architects, collectors, museums, showrooms and arts and industry partners.Returning artisans this year include Sligo Creek, Luna Parc, David Ellison, Barbara Schmidt, Marcia Hovland, Gary Quirk Studios, One Acre Ceramics, River Horse Studio, and Eartha Handmade Tile. Whispering Hill Studio founder/owner Mandy Baker has attended all 24 TileFests.The festival is also welcoming a number of new vendors, including OYA Studio, Robyn Sue Miller Mosaics, and Crooked Curiosities.Tile Design by David Ellison.In addition, there will be demonstrations, ceramic activities and free tours of the National Historic Landmark. Local food trucks will also be available, including Great Barn Brewery, Dharma Bums, and Bam Bam’s Bake Shop, and live music on Sunday will feature the local bluegrass band Wood Flower.Tile-adjacent exhibitions include Penn State Abington, showcasing works by students created during an accredited college course taught at TileWorks on Historic Tile Making. Among the festival's youngest makers is a 4th-grade class from Mill Creek Elementary in the Central Bucks School District.Local ceramist Paula Focazio will be offering Moravian tile-inspired henna tattoos, and Tim Carder, master mold-maker at TileWorks, will display his tile birdhouses and a Little Free Library inspired by Fonthill Castle. Traveling from its inaugural display at NCECA in Richmond, ‘Ashtrays: Class or Trash,’ curated by Peter Morgan, will be on display. There will be two walking tours of Broad Commons Park and Salem United Church of Christ, both of which feature Moravian tiles and mosaics.New this year will be a cadre of artisan tile setters — graduates of the Artisans Revolution in Tile (A.R.T.) class held last June — demonstrating the precision and art of creating hand-shaped mosaics.This year, TileWorks is sponsoring its first interactive Tile Throwdown. This will be a maker station where anyone and everyone can make and leave a tile. There will be secret jurors, and prizes, including a grand prize for a free Booth at TileFest ’25. Admission to the festival is $10 with proceeds benefiting the historic restoration of the site.Tile Fest 24 is co-hosted by the Tile Heritage Foundation of Healdsburg, California, a mission-based tile organization that preserves ceramic surfaces and traditions. The article Nation's Premier Tile Fest This Weekend In Bucks County appeared first on Doylestown, PA Patch.
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