Clay brick is made from natural materials such as clay and shale. It is a long-established building product that continues to evolve in terms of its production processes and applications to this day. Artsum adheres to the traditional art of clay brick production, and continues to develop, design, and produce innovative, high quality architectural clay brick products in response to contemporary architectural trends. Our full range of architectural terracotta bricks are made from high quality natural clay. Extruded and fired at high temperatures, they are truly environmentally friendly and safe wall decoration materials. Artsum clay brick products are durable, with good frost and weather resistance, suitable for application on the indoor and outdoor wall surfaces for various types of buildings such as public buildings, commercial and residential buildings.
Artsum clay brick is available in a wide range of colors, from light to dark shades of white, yellow, red, brown, gray, and black, it can fulfill the effect of single shades or flashing. Through our raw material formula and kiln firing technology, Artsum clay bricks can satisfy the sensitive and detailed needs of architects for color consistency. In addition to naturally fired colors, Artsum also offers glazed brick in solid colors, with custom colors available upon request.
The size of Artsum clay bricks varies depending on the product line. Each product line features its regular (standard) product size as well as the range of sizes that can be produced. Throughout the world, the sizes of bricks vary from country to country, and Artsum can produce them in custom sizes as required.
Each product line boasts its own corresponding corner bricks, window sill bricks, and capping bricks. We understand that architects have personalized needs for clay brick, so in addition to our regular product offerings, we can also develop customized products for special projects.
The textures of Artsum clay brick are mainly achieved through mechanical or handmade processes. The conventional mechanical textures natural flat, velour, sandblasted and combed surfaces, while the handmade textures can present more random and natural surface effects.
Thanks to modern brick-making techniques, contemporary clay brick products are available in a wide variety of surface textures. However, architects often propose more unique demands on this classic architectural decoration materials in their artistic creations. Therefore, Artsum's original intention in developing its handmade antique brick product line was to maximize its integration into the designers' creations. By applying the most original handcrafted techniques of the architectural brick industry, innovative formulas and modern production techniques, we aimed to turn their inspiration into products. Whether restoring traces of traditional architecture or presenting a creative vision never before seen, each piece of custom handmade antique brick boasts uniqueness in its details.
Artsum Long Format Brick collection is a breakthrough from traditional brick sizes, with the length of the bricks up to 500 mm. The slender brick shape can be mixed and matched with different techniques, joints and colors to bring a brand new visual experience to the building facade. The product design and production of long format bricks are no different from other Artsum brick series in terms of color, texture and surface treatment, as well as the physical properties such as dimensional accuracy, flexural strength and freeze-thaw resistance. The long format bricks series can provide thin bricks and wall bricks of different thicknesses and heights as well as matching corners.
Thin Brick Veneer is a terracotta building decorative material made through extrusion molding. Less than 30 mm thick, it can achieve the same masonry façade effect as traditional terracotta buildings in a more resource-efficient way and comes at a lower cost. Artsum's Thin Brick Veneer products are flexible in use and easy to install. It can be installed in a variety of ways, such as wet paste installation, dry hanging installation, prefabricated installation, etc. The products can be custom developed and produced according to the project's curtain wall design needs.
As for the contemporary trend of architecture, the role of face brick has evolved from a load-bearing structure to an exquisite architectural surface structure. Architects are changing the logic of building to express the unique material texture of face brick in a specific building project to achieve a variety of architectural effects. Artsum can produce solid or porous bricks of various sizes and shapes according to the masonry requirements of the project.
Artsum's Glazed Brick is an extension of the classic clay bricks series, offering a variety of artistic expressions while retaining the many advantages of clay bricks as a facade finish. Whether mixed with different ceramic glaze colors or used in conjunction with natural-faced bricks, glazed brick can create a unique visual language for architectural facades and interiors. Artsum's glazed bricks, whose surface ceramic glaze is fired into the brick body at high temperatures, are less likely to flake or fade. When properly installed, they are highly resistant to daily wear and graffiti, providing a beautiful and easy-to-clean and maintain wall surface.
The reclaimed bricks recycled from old buildings have been adopted for thousands of years in domestic and foreign construction. Due to the differences in original clay material, firing process, original usage, residual mortar, time, geography and climate, their surface texture and color will randomly showcase various subtle or obvious changes, and their edges and surface will have irregular wear. These are the charm and features of reclaimed bricks. Artsum's reclaimed bricks come from different years of the 20th century and are made by hand or machine. They are mainly available in red, green and white. Through the process of recycling, cleaning, sifting and cutting, Artsum's reclaimed bricks become eco-friendly, retro and fashionable wall decorations. Artsum can provide various working surfaces and sizes of processing according to customers' needs.
