All tiles are handcrafted with porcelain and high fired so they are usable in any condition.  They will vary in color and shape as each piece is individually made by hand.

Prices vary and are negotiated at time of commission.

Tiles can be viewed at NS Ceramic, 25 East Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Porcelain pieces can be viewed at Things, 1187 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108.

Each mosaic piece is freely designed using a variety of items: glass, beads, carvings, shells, ceramic pieces including my own handmade porcelain tiles, and other collectibles. Using virtually anything as a surface, I adhere these items piece by piece and finish with tile grout.

I make custom mosaic pieces incorporating personal collected items that we store away, not wanting to disgard but not having space to display: family gifts that are small and special, souvenirs from travels, costume jewelry, broken jewelry, broken teacups from our grandparents, etc... These items can be enjoyed together in a one-of-a-kind art piece that we can observe and find delight in, every day...and, make space in our drawers and cabinets.

Bring me your box of treasures and the structure you would like them on, be it anything from a wooden box or a birdhouse, and I will deliver back to you your object transformed into a very special custom designed mosaic artpiece.

Prices vary and are negotiated at time of commission.

Noelle began her passion for beads at an early age travelling through the Southwest and discovering native American trade beads. She collected them over the years and started stringing them together for gifts. She still holds turquoise to be among her most important stone. Recently, however, she has been experimenting with the combination of turquoise and semi precious and precious stones. "It's the constant ability to design and play with these combinations that I find most exciting."

You will see by the color Noelle uses in both her jewelry making and her tile making that she is facinated with turquoise and corals being brought together. She likes to see the colors "pop" rather than simply fall away.