Just tiled a backsplash two days ago. The problem with tile is that on most tile, the glaze at the manufactured edges looks different from the glaze on a cut edge. It sort of has a pillowed look at the manufactured edges but it is a hard edge when you cut it.
Also: cutting tile is a lot more tedious than cutting wood. And it's definitely messier.
If you resign yourself to manufactured shapes for the bulk of your work, you're now kind of limited to the shapes and sizes you can buy. And then you have to hope that the sizes accommodate the size grout lines you want to use.
That said, if someone out there starts making actual Penrose tiles in the next couple of years, I'll buy some when I do our entryway. They've got time to tool up. It'll be at least that long before I'm willing to do another tiling project.
mauvehaus|1 year ago
Also: cutting tile is a lot more tedious than cutting wood. And it's definitely messier.
If you resign yourself to manufactured shapes for the bulk of your work, you're now kind of limited to the shapes and sizes you can buy. And then you have to hope that the sizes accommodate the size grout lines you want to use.
That said, if someone out there starts making actual Penrose tiles in the next couple of years, I'll buy some when I do our entryway. They've got time to tool up. It'll be at least that long before I'm willing to do another tiling project.