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Background to this innovation:
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At Edinburgh Ceramics we have been using digital imagery in our tile-production processes for many years. However, applying a digital image to the surface of a tile normally requires traditional means, such as direct screen-printing. This is because ceramic colours are mineral-based particles whose comparatively large size, heavy weight and insolubility make them unsuitable for digital printing.
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While traditional printing processes enable consistent reproduction, the digital process makes the printing of one unique image as viable as the production of many identical images.
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Because we specialise in unique tiles and tile-panels, developing a digital image-making process for ceramic tiles has been one of our long-term objectives. We have therefore been experimenting with digital image-making on tiles for several years.
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Advances in methods of materials preparation occur gradually, and in one such technical development we saw an interesting opportunity... the possible application of specially prepared ceramic colours using a digitally controllable process. We devoted a large part of 2003 to identifying the parameters of this innovation, and we have continued to refine our ability to control the deposition of specially prepared ceramic colours directly from software. Our extraordinary digital ceramic tiles are the result of this ongoing work.
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