Tiles, you might find these brightly colored squares, in assorted designs, patterns and techniques glued to the walls and floors, from bathroom to kitchen, I a unique patter of some castle or set to be in a form of painting. The work of tiles has very much been present in our society since the earlier days, going back 4000 years to the least.

The art of making tiles was first established in Persia, where it was perfected and later as the Islamic empire gained hold of Spain, the tile making spread like a rapid fire all through Europe and seeped in England in the shape of tile iconography. The increased of tiles can be seen in the mosaic style all through Spain and Portugal. One of the oldest still existing historical buildings which hold tile decorative work could be the Pyramids in Egypt, ruin in Greek, Iran and Babylon, not to mention the building built by the Mughal Empire all have detailed work of tiles.

But this was then, hundreds of years ago. In our today’s world, a number of assorted materials are used and different types of methods and designs. This clearly means, there are different types of tiles which can be easily found. Ceramic tiles are the oldest of all so are the, glazed or unglazed whereas the Terracotta tiles are made of local clay. Porcelain tiles which are increasingly used for floor and wall work and also the Natural stone product tiles consisting of different type stones and rocks such as granite, limestone and marble. The most used of all tiles is the mosaic tile, it consists of many different types of materials, such as glass, stone and eve steel, this type is increasingly used for making detailed designs or patterns. The mosaic tile very much appears all over Europe and many parts of Asia and Middle East

Also with advances of technology and development of arts, different methods, designs have been invented. Tiles nowadays are hand painted carrying a Single motif an isolated figure, or patterns, tiles also have pictures made on them. Furthermore, they are painted with excellent quality paints then dried and glazed making it easy to clean and take care off. But in today’s market and increasing expensive, many people have started to turn towards the alternative, which is either shinny wall paper or glossy paints.

Thus this shift in demand has very much affected the Tile industry and its production and market. This has made workers and owners of tile work slightly worried of this precious art being lost altogether. With the increase in technology and development, there seems to be little or no place for such frail piece of may mud. Nevertheless, those who appreciate the real worth of such work and beauty do to turn towards tiles from time to time. And with the encouragement of art colleges and universities to work with tiles, the art of tile seems to be lost nowhere to being preserved in history slowly.