Japonaise tile are hand-poured and will have a certain amount of variation and variegation of color, tone, shade and size. Additionally, you will notice creases, wrinkles, shivers, waves, bubbles topped off with a natural surface to catch all forms of light for a brilliant effect. These characteristics of natural glass and only serve to enhance the final beauty of the installation. Along with sumi-e glass, there are hand cut natural color glass tile delicately placed between 1" x 1" tile resulting in a beautiful pattern.