Welcome to Baked Earth

Why choose us?

Baked Earth has had numerous years of involvement in the natural handmade terracotta.

The reputation of our company has developed throughout the years by having a profound information and enthusiasm for natural terracotta product to fulfil the client’s needs..

What is handmade terracotta?

Handmade terracotta differently from the industrial one is a product which is difficult to be found on the market. Since it takes long time to be manufactured, it does not combine with the modern market logic because of its production expenses and time. Manufacturing process dates back to ancient times and is extremely complex: handmade terracotta is baked in an oven by lighting a fire using about 7000 kg of wood faggots. The wood-fired oven is placed in a kind of farmhouse: on the ground floor is located the combustion chamber where wood faggots while bursting into flames expand the furnace. The baking chamber placed upstairs on the first floor containing tiles, vases, and other objects is connected downstairs with the combustion chamber through some slits which enable flames to reach the right temperature and bake the terracotta manufactures. The door is walled up, thus causing a temperature increase. The various clay objects are left inside for four days. The first day temperature remains constant then it starts to decrease. The standard 2cm thickness tiles baking process lasts 20 days and the thin terracotta 1cm baking process is 40+ days.

Even if this process is still long and we consider this wood baking technique still important. For this reasons we have our experts in order to produce handmade terracotta items according to this ancient traditions, thus creating a selection of unique pieces whose sizes and shades can change.

Your handmade terracotta floor tiles will become a unique pattern recalling the flavour of ancient times.

Do our handcrafted terracotta tiles resist even to very low temperatures?

Handmade terracotta tiles like all the other handcrafted clay floor tiles are not provided with the European anti-freeze certification that certifies the frost-thaw-resistance of the floor up to 100 kg, thus guaranteeing that its surface remains unaffected by craters and clefts. For this reason these regulations are not valid, since they refer to a handmade product that is unique and unrepeatable. Only do industrial machine-pressed terracotta tiles resist to such extreme conditions, because they are machine-pressed. Whereas handmade terracotta tiles also called “soft paste terracotta” are a kind of hand-pressed terracotta tiles that develop some little craters and clefts on their own surface after the 50th freeze – thaw cycle. Handmade terracotta tiles however have always been used for external flooring and also for typical Tuscan roof covering, thanks to their high resistance to frost. As a matter of fact if installed on a slight sloping surface they resist to stagnant water and to water infiltration’s. For this reason Terracotta tiles are frost proof suitable for outdoor use.

Our eco-friendly terracotta is made of natural clay and its unique colour variation, called Rangamati, is not available anywhere else. (The term 'Rangamati', it is said, originated from the reddish/pinky and amber soil of land. The water is sourced from the local river. We have made sure the baking process is only carried out using responsibly sourced with wood faggots and dead palm tree roots.

Baked Earth ethical business practices

Baked Earth family's collaboration with fair trade craftspeople in Bangladesh results in beautiful natural terracotta,  home goods and accessories. Every item, from clever storage baskets to eye-catching jute carpets, is handmade from beginning to end.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle of remote village life, we are fusing modern design with unwavering ethics and quality promises to produce goods that convey a story about Bangladeshi artisans' work ethic that goes far beyond the product itself.
We want our trade and business to positively affect everyone it comes into contact with, especially the individuals who produce our goods. We think that fairness and high-quality employment for all of the workers in our supply chain are key components of ethical trade.

We constantly seek to better understand the needs of our employees and work with other pertinent stakeholders to better address these needs in order to make sure that this occurs. We are dedicated to implementing a program that directly enhances working conditions in the factories that provide us with our goods. 

We have ensured that our factory has efficient mechanisms in place for keeping an eye on and handling matters like pay and working hours, assigning managers and supervisors with the skills and expertise to resolve any workers’ issues.

Should you require any further information, Please email us: info@bakedearth.co.uk

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