Philippe and Michele Waffelaert ,
residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico for the past 33 years, have recently
acquired the Arius Tile Gallery at La Fonda Hotel. After being managers
for the past 10 years at the gallery, they decided to become owners.
They purchased the business in March 2007 from their friends and former
ceramic shop founders Len and Robbie Goodman.
Arius Tile Gallery, a shop located
at the famous La Fonda Hotel was originally established in 1972 by the
Goodmans. In keeping with Arius Tile Gallery’s long tradition of quality
ceramics, the Waffelaerts are keeping the traditional inventory, but are
now including new ceramics of their own as well as reproducing master
pieces from several artists.
Robbie Goodman’s recent line of stunning hand painted cave horse art is
one of the many featured artists at the Gallery. Re-known glass blowers
such as Bethany Mc Quaid and Cia Fredrich also friends from Santa fe, as
well as Michael Sosin from Berkley,California feature either original
artworks or re-produced tile pieces with their designs within the gallery.
That's not all, the gallery also displays Santos/Bultos (woodcarving) by
Bob O'Roarke and the newly added ceramic stoneware by Barbara Bogart, also
both from the art community here in Santa Fe. Highly original art
works created by Virginia Maria Romero are also available and will be
updated as they are sold. We carry the complete line of Virginia
Maria Romero tile all 65 tiles and murals.
We welcome you to our gallery, and
hope you find something you're crazy about! You can find ideal gifts for
just about any occasion or other treasures for your home.
We also offer personalized items, as Philippe produces many stunning
sublimation-dye ceramic products through his company Ceramic Image located
also here in Santa Fe.
Should you have any questions or a
need for customized tile (e.g. a mural, house sign, or gift) please
contact Philipppe by clicking the e-mail contact button below or calling
1-888-584-7126.
