Tile Council of North America’s (TCNA) 2013 Tile Person of the Year is Mr. Filippo Marazzi, former chairman of the board and president of Marazzi Group.

Mr. Mauro Vandini, former president of American Marazzi, received the award on behalf of the late Mr. Marazzi at Coverings 2013 in Atlanta, GA.

The award to honor Mr. Marazzi was a beautiful, framed tile mural handcrafted by Mr. Marc Holm of AD Studios (Elgin, TX).

AD Tiles are handmade, one tile at a time. The French Renaissance “Revival Knight on Horse” tile mural is from their Historic Tile Series. This image was originally carved in wood by a Parisian master woodcarver circa 1875-1885. The hand pressed tile is made with AD Tiles’ Old London finish, which emulates ancient stone carvings on buildings that one can see in London and throughout England.

Buff colored clay was used that was first hand washed and then fired to give a permanent aged patina. The outer frame is comprised of French Braided tiles, and the inner frame is of AD Tiles’ flat Profile Liners. Both are hand glazed with a semi-opaque glaze to give a masculine contrast to the old stone look of the main carved plaque. The small Pencil Liners are also hand pressed and hand glazed in a darker color for a specific contrast to the soft brown glaze of the recognition tile.