At the age of six he dyed his hair yellow and looked in the mirror for days. He states, "That's how I came to love the color yellow."

Eli's discovery of tiles was a natural evolution from his painting and sculpting background .

All tiles are truely hand crafted. Eli refers to the process as the Bakery. Eli rolls out each tile by hand, then he shapes, chooses colors, and paints them. He then fires ( bakes ) the tiles at 2000 F.