The Bird Tile

Ordering usually follows the box logic: L'Oiseau ships in boxes of 12 cement tiles covering 0.48 m², priced at €245.70 per square metre by Carocim. That said, the workshop handles special requests — a sample, a repair tile, a single poetic accent — on a case-by-case basis, so ask the team directly for a unit purchase.

Yes, wonderfully so: cement tiles are part of the South's architectural heritage, and Carocim — heir to that tradition — gives it a fresh wink here with Marta Pignol's stylised bird. Its light blue, white and dark blue palette softens stone walls and aged beams, bridging farmhouse authenticity and contemporary poetry without a false note.

Picture a metal stencil with raised walls: the divider mould partitions the tile face into cells matching the bird and eye design. The Carocim artisan pours a different pigmented mortar into each cell — light blue, white, dark blue — lifts the divider, then presses the cement tile so the colours bond permanently into the surface.

One spirit above all: the pop and surrealist current that animates the SU.Real collection. Rather than copying a historical era, Marta Pignol drew a dreamlike bird paired with a graphic eye, giving this Carocim cement tile an aerial, singular presence. It nods to twentieth-century artistic freedom while remaining resolutely of today.

Rest easy on that point: made for outdoor use, this cement tile receives the anti-UV treatment Carocim systematically applies to protect pigments from fading. The light blue, white and dark blue of the stylised bird will hold their poetry through the seasons — just keep the water-repellent sealer maintained as part of normal care.