Gardena California – New Jewelry District

You Don’t Drive a Bentley without a BIG Watch in Malbu Gardena California’s New Jewelry District ARTO Tile studio is a division of ARTO that produces hand painted deco tiles, murals and jewelry. These are the true “bling” that accents our concrete line from ARTO and our clay line form Western Quarry. The Tile Studio, Read More

You Got Chocolate in My Peanut Butter

You Got Peanut Butter on My Chocolate Who Carries Around a Jar of Peanut Butter Long Beach, CA—Ken Mason Tile (KMT) is set to launch Village Line at Coverings 2012. The Village Line consists of ARTO’s signature rustic concrete tiles with KMT’s staining and waxing process.  Handmade tiles are stained (hand rubbed) which leaves the Read More

Edible Arabesque

Europe, Islam, Ballet, Debussy, Disco, Peck & Sophia Loren. Searching for the Meaning   Gardena, CA—The word “arabesque” is as ambiguous as the tile shapes that we produce and call by that same name.  When ARTO started to create his “Arabesque,” he knew that he was inspired by Moorish, Celtic, Islamic, Spanish and M.C. Escher, Read More

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Clay:

Love/Leather, The Milkman & Concrete Gardena, CA—Adversity is said to be the mother of invention, the fire that transforms music, art & food. Arto Alajian, a designer born in Cairo, the son of Krikor, an Armenian refugee, began designing & literally cutting tanned leather from Milan. When revolution came to Egypt, he fled to Beirut Read More

St. Patrick’s Day 2012

Happy St Patrick’s Day 2012.  What is so important about this day? It is Arto Alajian’s 83rd Birthday. It is the day we incorporated the company. And it is the unofficial start of Spring and the building season. Lastly, we not only are very appreciative of all our clients and distributors, we are very appreciative Read More

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