Residential Pool using Galaxy Tile Series

A residential pool project was recently completed by Gillette Brothers Pool & Spa in Troy, Michigan using our GT064 Night Sky Blend. Gillette Brothers has been in business for over 25 years and has extensive experience in custom pool design and construction. 

GT064 Night Sky Blend is SCS certified containing 98% pre-consumer recycled material and is suitable for interior and exterior use, walls, countertops, backsplashes, light residential floors and pools.

 Please see our photo gallery for additional images. The images for this project are located here

Contact info for Gillette Brothers Pool & Spa

Katie Veraldi
Gillette Brothers Pool & Spa
374 Oliver Dr
Troy MI 48084
248-362-5125

Sixth Grade Mosaic Project

Hakatai tile was used in this year's 6th grade mosaic project at Islander Middle School in Washington. 350 students worked together to create 6 mosaic pillars in their school. The theme was "IMS Reads!" and each of the pillars included books related to a particular genre.

"This enrichment project is part of the 6th grade Language Arts/Social Studies curriculum that focuses on Ancient Cultures. Beautiful mosaic art left behind in many ancient cultures gives us a glimpse of life long ago. Creating mosaics gives the students a hands-on opportunity to be an artisan and leave behind a lasting legacy for the class of 2016," explains Artist-in-residence Sandy Glass. "Teachers and the librarian helped students pick books within various genres. Students created their mosaic art on mosaic mesh. Parent volunteers provided extra hands in the classroom and a dedicated team of parents and a few community members installed, grouted and sealed the mosaic pillars."

Thank you to Sandy for the photos!

Hakatai on the DIY Network

Hakatai's Calliope series Buttercream glass tile will be featured on an upcoming episode of "Kitchen Impossible" on the DIY Network. Catch the episode on Tuesday, July 20th, 9pm ET/PT or check out the DIY Network website for more information.

Red, White & Blue!

    

Happy Fourth of July! In observance of the Independence Day holiday, our offices will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2010.

New Summer Hours

To better serve our customers nationwide, we will be changing our Customer Service hours to 6:30am-3pm Pacific Time, beginning July 1, 2010. These hours will remain in effect until further notice.

Hakatai on SearchManufacturingERP.com

Hakatai has been been featured on the resource website SearchManufacturingERP.com in an article about Oregon companies that offset transportation carbon footprints with GreenShipping. Click here to read the complete article.

Tile Mosaics at Alaska Middle School

Hakatai tile was used as part of the Artists in the Schools program at Randy Smith Middle School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Artist Sara Tabbert worked with students to create mosaic pieces that could be permanently mounted in the interior of the school building.

"Students were given the task of working on an image from their natural surroundings as a cut paper mosaic. I introduced them to the work of designer and artist Charley Harper as a model for how to simplify forms from nature and make interesting compositions that we could translate into larger designs. The students then voted for six images to reproduce in mosaic tile - two images were done as 4' squares, and then we combined three bird images in a long narrow 2'x8' piece to go above a doorway," Sara says. "Kids did the design, cut the tiles, made most of the color choices, glued everything in place, and helped with the grouting. Everyone worked on all the pieces, and it was great to see the excitement build as the pieces came together. Much fun was had by all."

Visit saratabbert.com to see more of Sara's work.