Kris Nardone This all-stainless backsplash is courtesy of Kris Nardone, K_Nardone Custom Tilework of Kennesaw, Ga. – a recently Certified Tile Installer! No wet saw needed! Erin Albrecht This “hola” floor welcomes visitors to La Panaderia bak- ery in San Antonio. It was featured on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives, and installed by the advanced, certified craftsmen of J&R Tile of San Antonio. CTI Jimmy Martinez hand-placed all the Daltile mosaics to meet lead times. Nick Rusche Nick Rusche of T.H. Winston, and Cincinnati Mosaic, Inc., used Clayhaus Modern Tile Hex and Hex Bubble at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Jimmy Marshall White on white tile installed by Jimmy Marshall of Marshall Tile & Marble, Norwood, Mass. Shows precision and perfect alignment. Michael Byron Moreno Here’s a bonus project, from Michael Byron Moreno of Artisan Tile, Lompoc, Calif., that appeared the day I was writing this story. Michael is not a NTCA member, but a member of the Tile Geeks Facebook forum. This 200-sq.-ft. room in his home was too amazing to pass up. “I haven’t been able to get anyone to pay me to do this so I did it for me,” he said. “It was just about two weeks straight of cutting these Saltillos into circles and dia- monds. I did so much back blad- ing at one point that when I went to make a straight cut the blade crumpled like tin foil. Wee haa!” ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– DECORATIVE TILE TileLetter | October 2017 105