GLASS TILES :

Glass tiles cast by hand so that they still retain slight undulations capturing the memory of their liquid and molten state, and an occasional bubble remains trapped in the material as it sets. A wall tiled in this way is covered in a brilliant coloured or barely tinted layer which attracts the light. A rather mysterious finery in its translucent version, which does not immediately proclaim its identity, because when it is not too intensely coloured, it reveals most effectively the neutral surface of the glue that holds it to the wall, while the thickness of the glass is reminiscent of a rather aquatic world. In its shiny version, the rear of the tile forms a mirror through the coloured thickness gives a rather distant sparkle. As this latest reflective version has never existed before, there are no accounts of it being used for us to talk about. Perhaps we could call to mind some imaginary materials drawn from fairytales, like the impossible dresses that Donkey Skin demanded of her father in the hope of postponing their incestuous marriage. (...)