For Treillage, her latest collection with Ann Sacks, designer Kelly Wearstler turned to the quiet romance of landscape architecture, where built form has long served as a framework for nature. From the geometric parterres of Renaissance and French formal gardens to the latticed trellises and conservatories of the 19th century, these architectural systems were designed not simply as ornament, but as living structures that mediated between architecture and landscape.
With Treillage, her ninth collection with Ann Sacks and sixth for Made, Wearstler reinterprets this centuries-old vocabulary as a contemporary system of tiles. The collection distills the garden’s underlying architectural logic, repetition, geometry and growth, into a modular material language. The result is a collection that dissolves traditional boundaries between inside and out: allowing walls, courtyards and facades to participate in the same architectural dialogue while celebrating the tactile permanence and material richness of fired clay.
Produced by the Made artisans at Ann Sacks’ Portland, Oregon, factory using techniques refined over four decades, Treillage brings subtle variation and depth to every installation. The collection features five 6-by-6-in. formats — Cross, Diagonal Left, Diagonal Right, Grid and Weave. Used individually, the patterns establish a clean architectural rhythm; combined, they layer into increasingly intricate compositions.
Raised and recessed surfaces catch and reflect light throughout the day, while the nuanced movement of the hand-applied glazes ensures no two installations feel exactly alike.
Treillage is the latest chapter in the longstanding collaboration between Wearstler and Ann Sacks that spans more than a decade. Available in all Ann Sacks Made earthenware and stoneware glazes, the collection is suitable for interior vertical applications, including statement walls, backsplashes and showers, and may also be specified for outdoor applications depending on climate and method of installation.
