Graded color transitions for pools, spas and walls.
A blend is several tones of glass mixed across one field. A gradient takes that further: the ratio shifts as it travels, so the color moves rather than changes — deep to pale across a pool floor, or dark at the waterline lightening toward the steps. None of it is printed and none of it repeats. Each blend is mixed for its own project, in the colors that suit the water, the light and the architecture around it.
A blue blend on a spa and its steps, close enough to read the individual tesserae.
The studio sheet. Five blends and six gradients, each one named. Click to open it full size.
Examples of gradients and blends
Blue to sand across a free-form floor
Violet-blue pool interior
Blue to sand, pool and raised spa
Blue and citron gradient floor
Spa in a flower bed
Blend meeting a river rock edge
Pale to deep blue gradient
Black to white gradient
Champagne and gold blend
Blend sample over terracotta
Blended pool and spa with terrace
The color range
The blends are Abacos, Emerald Sea, Pacifico, Abyss and Sea Minerals. The gradients are Azuleta, Verdeta, Lagoona, Shore, Comet and Lunar. Name one and we work from it, or we mix to your colors instead — the sheet is where most projects start, not where they finish.
How a gradient is built
We start from the colors you want and the distance the transition has to cover. The field is divided into bands, each band a slightly different ratio of the same few colors, so no edge between them reads as a line. Small sample sections are tiled and photographed for approval before anything goes into production. The color itself is fired into the glass — how mosaic glass tile is made explains why it cannot fade.
Over 1,000 colors are available across vitreous glass and smalti — range enough to travel from deep sapphire to pale aqua, or midnight blue to turquoise, without a visible step.
Where gradients work
Pool floors and full interiors
Waterline bands that lighten toward the shallow end
Spa interiors and water features
Feature walls and architectural surfaces
Custom mosaic blends
Gradient Blends
A gradient runs one tone into another across a distance you set. On a pool floor that is usually deep end to shallow, so the water reads deeper at one end than the other. The transition is drawn to the run rather than tiled from a repeating sheet, which is why the length of the pool changes the design and not just its scale.
Mosaic blends
Custom mosaic blends add a unique, artistic touch to pools, kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoor spaces. Each blend is handcrafted to order — we work with you to select the right color combinations for your project. Contact us to bring your vision to life.
How we work
Begin your commission
Send the details of your project, or call (323) 389-5347. Studio hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Pacific.