The Lacuna Tile Collection: Jada Schumacher for Clay Imports
A lacuna is the moment before you leap into a lake, a gap with promise, an exquisite opportunity for the new. Well, yes, that lovely gap on your floor is also the ideal place to set some stylish new tiles and launch into what’s next.
The Lacuna Collection celebrates women's authorship of historic textiles that shaped modern design from the margins. Rooted in the quiet force of women’s textural intelligence, these tiles trace female agency through material culture of fabric design, foregrounding the haptic as a vital site of knowledge, voice, and power.
These tiles honor the quiet brilliance shaped by women’s hands—reminding us that even the smallest opening can become a place where we all imagine, and make, the extraordinary.
Seersucker Tile
in black, white, and terracotta
8 x 8 x .375 inches. glazed clay.
Meet Seersucker tiles—a polished version of the timeless puckered fabric. This fabric played a pivotal role on uniforms of Marine Corps Women and hospital “candy stripers" in the 1940s. When you get your hands on these sleek beauties, we know you’ll be a sucker for textiles, too.
Whirl Tile
in garnet, tangerine, black, and teal
8 x 8 x .375 inches. glazed clay.
Inspired by the “whirl” stitch found in tedious embroidery work, this pattern spins the legacy of making forward.
Houndstooth Tile
in matte blush, sterling, burnt orange, or taupe
6 x 6 x 5.5 inches. glazed clay.
Female design icons Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel transformed houndstooth into a symbol of feminine elegance and power. Once these tiles bolt up your walls, we know that your fashionable friends will be on the hunt for them, too.
Spin Tile
in matte storm, matte snow, or high gloss dark blue
6 x 6 x .5 inches. glazed clay.
Spinning fiber into thread was so tied to women’s labor that it became the identifier of an unmarried woman, a “spinster.” By celebrating the legacy of women makers, Lacuna Tiles open space for all of us to step into the next chapter of creativity and courageous design.