What do you do when you can’t find a Minnesota North Shore tile design for your new fireplace?

You make your own.

common questions:

Q: Do you sell the North Shore tile?
A: YES. Contact me for options.

Q: Are they available in other colors?
A: YES. Check out the full list here.

Q: How long did it take you?
A: Working in bursts, it’ probably took 80 hours over 9 months.

Q: Who fired the tile?
A: Clay Squared in Nordeast.

Q: Who CNC cut the wood dies?
A: Drift Owl Design in Allen, Texas

Q: Who did the 3D renders for you?
A: Guilherme A in Portugal

The Process

Start by drawing up a design in Illustrator.

F'ind a 3D artist on Fiver to make .stl files for the CNC router.

Find a woodworker in Texas that will take the .stl files and run them through his CNC machine to make the dies.

Time to press the tiles. Don’t forget to make the dies 110% of the size you need!

Install day!

Ta-da!