All the hand painted  ceramic tiles in these series are painted with the unique technique of under glaze ceramic hand painting. The tile pattern is first outlined with the black colour and then the rest of the colors are hand painted on the tile. Once all the colors are applied the tile is glazed with a transparent lead free glaze and placed in a ceramic kiln. The kiln is fired up to a temperature of 1000 degrees centigrade (red hot) whereby the ceramic colors are sealed with the melting of the transparent glaze on the surface of the tile. The firing usually takes a cycle of about twenty four hours from start to finish.

A second type of decoration which we use is that of in glaze hand painted tile decoration. In this case the black outline is applied to the surface of a glazed and fired tile and then the colors applied by hand. The tile is again fired to a temperature of about 1000 degrees centigrade where the colors melt into the glaze of the tile.

All of these techniques have been handed over to us throughout more than 80 years of the Balian Tile history from father to son and to daughter. There are very few other tile studios worldwide  which match the intricacy and brilliance of the patterns which we hand paint to this present day.

   The tiles and pottery of The Balian Armenian Ceramics have been exhibited all over the world in various museums and institutions. The zenith being the solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum of Washington D.C. in 1992. Our pottery has also been the subject of numerous articles in magazines and newspapers worldwide. These include The Washington Post , The LA Times ,The Chicago Tribune
& The New York Times
Some copies of these articles can be seen on this web site on the What they write about us page.
Original and authentic  Balian Pottery  is sold only at our factory and retail outlet on 14 Nablus Rd. East Jerusalem( and now on our web site). The present location of our factory  is where the true form of art known as Armenian Pottery was born. We are the only  ceramic tile studio in Jerusalem producing our own ceramic ware and hand painted tiles by methods handed over to us by our grandparents and parents.