Always a trendsetter, Tile Artist Brigitte Baumann left behind a successful business in Berlin
making avant-garde metal accessories to turn her considerable talent and skill to creating
unique mosaic environments for the home. Her distinctive designs now adorn and embellish
the interior and exteriors of both grand and simple houses and gardens around the world.

"What I do is create something beautiful with tiles that people want to see everyday."

Influenced by the use of tiles on Portuguese houses and inspired by her love of Moorish
culture she began her new career by smashing up tiles and experimenting on her own
kitchen. This led to her first commission to design and make a mosaic garden, the
project took over a year to complete and was a great success.

"Working with my hands is most satisfying for me, it brings body and mind together."

More commissions followed and she was soon creating a diversity of environments for
her many clients. Brigitte works internationally and whether it is a kitchen designed with
real pearls in Amsterdam, or a bathroom made from tiles of saints and gods in India, her
mosaics are always distinctive and original.

With materials that include tiles, glass, metal and mirror she turns the ordinary into the
extraordinary, the mundane into the sublime and elevates a functional and utilitarian
object like a bench, a door or window into an art form. When you buy her work,
you are definitely buying a work of art.

Over the last twelve years, she has finely tuned her way of creating these mosaic pieces.
It is very important for her to spend time with her clients getting to know their needs and
tastes so that this information is reflected in her designs. She has a gift for understanding
what her clients want and the work growing organically from her conversations with them.

"I work with my instincts, I connect with their character, I am stimulated by what I learn
from them. They are the ones who will live with the work, it is created for them, not me."

As a woman working in a male dominated environment she soon earns the respect and
admiration of fellow craftsmen and builders. She has an original way of working and her
special technique for cutting tiles creates a special ambiance so the viewer really enjoys
what they see. Her vibrant mosaics are always striking and often dramatic but at the same
time easy to live with as they integrate so well into their domestic settings be it bathroom,
kitchen, hall, garden or swimming pool.

"Each time you look at my work you can see something different, so you never get bored
with it."

Brigitte continues to derive great pleasure from creating her unique tile work and also
from the positive response she receives from her many satisfied clients.

"What gives me great satisfaction is knowing that my work will last for a long time
and that it works so well."

Interview written by Virginia Boston writer of "Punk Rock" published by Viking in America. In England it was call "Shockwave". Virginia also works with Polarity Therapy, communication skills, confidence building skills, life coaching.