With over 1000 unique designs, the mission of Spørck Tileart is to make ceramic tiles like no one else. To push the limits of ceramic tile art in our own unique style. Nature and life in The-Great-Out-Doors is what inspires our work.
Spørck Tileart was founded in 2001 by Leif Spørck. Leif is the son of two artists. Having grown up in Leelanau County, Michigan, with a ceramic studio and and gallery in his backyard, it was discovered that no formal artistic education was needed to start this business, because his skills were inherent having first played with clay from the age of 1.
With a close bloodline to Norway. Leif thinks that it might be his Viking ancestors that graced him with the ability to carve designs in clay, but it may also have been influced by a lifetime spent in Leelanau County.
Spørck Tileart was founded in 2001 by Leif Spørck. Leif is the son of two artists. Having grown up in Leelanau County, Michigan, with a ceramic studio and and gallery in his backyard, it was discovered that no formal artistic education was needed to start this business, because his skills were inherent having first played with clay from the age of 1.
With a close bloodline to Norway. Leif thinks that it might be his Viking ancestors that graced him with the ability to carve designs in clay, but it may also have been influced by a lifetime spent in Leelanau County.
Spørck Tileart has produced 10000's of tiles since 2001. What you need to know about our tiles is that they can be used for virtually anything. They can be installed in an indoor/outdoor tile project and used as accents, they can be used as spoon rests or hot plates, and most commonly they are used as treasures...small paintings that are affordable, handmade, original, and can be displayed for all to see on a stand, hung on a wall using a nail, or just stilling on a desk like a paper weight.
2010 marked a huge step for Spørck Tileart when we aquired out gallery in Fishtown, Leland, Michigan. Fishtown is a Register Michigan Historic Site (http://www.fishtownmi.org/) and most importantly, it one of the last working commercial fishing opperations on the Great Lakes and in 2007 it officially became a preservation. Beginning in early May when the snow has melted, until Halloween, you can find your tile dreams come true in Fishtown, 7 days-a-week, from at least 10 am - 6 pm. In the Spring of 2020 we closed our Fishtown store in Leland after ten years in that location, and on July 4th of 2020 we opened a new gallery in the Mercato in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. We miss out Fishtown location, but will still be making all the tiles relate to that destination.
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