{"id":813,"date":"2013-10-18T20:57:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/?page_id=813"},"modified":"2013-10-18T20:57:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T20:57:48","slug":"motawi-nawal-karim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/ceramic-artist\/motawi-nawal-karim\/","title":{"rendered":"Motawi, Karim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6688OV_Alhambra_Olive_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6688OV_Alhambra_Olive_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Nawal Motawi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For over 20 years, the artisans at Motawi Tileworks have hand-crafted art tile in their Ann Arbor, Michigan, studio. These distinctive tiles are known for their rich glazes and uniquely American designs, inspired by nature, art and architecture. Unlike mass-produced tile, the unique design and\u00a0beautiful craftsmanship of Motawi tile allow\u00a0people to own and enjoy real art, which won\u2019t go out of style and will last for generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8821_Pine_Landscape_Val.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-817\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8821_Pine_Landscape_Val.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nawal Motawi, founder of Motawi Tileworks, was first exposed to the tile of the Arts &amp; Crafts movement at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, which she visited during her first college ceramics class. \u201cMy professor had just completed a gigantic tile mural created with Pewabic Pottery, which he took us all to see,\u201d says Nawal, \u201cand I immediately began to fantasize about someday making tilework like that!\u201d In 1992 she set out on her own, starting what soon became Motawi Tileworks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, Motawi Tileworks employs a staff of 30 and produces over 10,000 square feet of tile per year. You can buy Motawi tiles in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motawi.com\/store\/gift-tile\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">online gift tile store<\/span><\/a>, by visiting us at our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motawi.com\/contact-us\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ann Arbor gallery<\/span><\/a>, or at one of 450 upscale\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motawi.com\/storeLocator\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">showrooms, galleries, and gift shops<\/span><\/a>\u00a0nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6814MD_YY_Raven_Midnight_1.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-818\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6814MD_YY_Raven_Midnight_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Nawal Motawi For over 20 years, the artisans at Motawi Tileworks have hand-crafted art tile in their Ann Arbor, Michigan, studio. These distinctive tiles are known for their rich glazes and uniquely American designs, inspired by nature, art and architecture. Unlike mass-produced tile, the unique design and\u00a0beautiful craftsmanship of Motawi tile allow\u00a0people to own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-813","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mullalys128.com\/wp-sept-15\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}