introducing

Catalina

Brick

A California island called Catalina.

A Tucson mountain range called Catalina.

One name spans the West.

One brick lives in both.

  • HANDCRAFTED

  • FREEZE-THAW

  • INDOOR & OUTDOOR

  • TWELVE C0LORS

AVAILABLE NOW

Brick Paver & Cobble

Two sizes in twelve colors. Wire-cut face, square edge, flat surface. Indoor or out. Both cut from the same body, fired through. The cobble is the paver, reduced.

FORMAT 1

Brick Paver

4 x 8 x 2 1/2"

COVERAGE

4.5 Pieces

WEIGHT

4.56 lbs

Pieces per Crate

510

FORMAT 2

Cobble

4 x 4 x 2 1/2"

COVERAGE

4.5 Pieces

Weight

4.56 lbs

Pieces per Crate

510

More sizes and face textures are on the way.

Custom cuts & blends
always available

Two coordinates

One Word. Two horizons.

Catalina is a California island. Catalina is a mountain range above Tucson. One word stretching from the Pacific to the Sonoran. Now it names an ARTO brick.

California

Santa Catalina Island

33° 23′ N · Pacific Ocean

An island twenty-two miles off the Southern California coast. Named in 1602 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno on the feast day of Saint Catherine.

The Tongva, who lived there long before, called it Pimu.

Built to live by the coast.

Arizona

Santa Catalina Mountains

33° 23′ N · Pacific Ocean

A range rising sharply north of Tucson. Named in 1697 by the Jesuit cartographer Eusebio Kino as he mapped the basin.

The Tohono O'odham, who lived there long before, called the peaks Babad Doʼag.

Built to live by the desert.

Catalina comes from the Greek katharos: pure, clear, unadulterated. The root the Spanish carried west on the feast day of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, scholar, martyr, patron of craftsmen and potters.

HOW IT'S MADE

A simple product. A raw building material.

Catalina is clay, extruded, fired. Sometimes we cut it. Sometimes we glaze it. Twelve colors fired through the body, not painted on. Color you can feel. Texture you can see. Far from perfect.

I

Extrude

Clay pressed through a die into the brick form. The wire-cut face is set here.

II

Fire

Kiln-fired through the body. Color holds in the clay itself, fired in rather than coated on.

III

Cut

Standard sizes or custom. We cut paver into cobble, into half-bats, into the shapes a layout calls for.

CUSTOM HOOK

CUSTOM HOOK

IV

Glaze

Optional. Twelve standard color bodies, or custom glaze and color matching when the project asks for it.

The Palette

Twelve colors. One geology.

Flashed browns and iron-spot greys. Saltillo warmth that looks sun-dried. A burgundy that reads black until you look twice. Reds that move from coral to deep clay to vivid sunset. Each color is fired into the body, not painted on. The brick wears the way the brick was made.

Catalina Brick Paver Brown Flashed

Brown Flashed

Catalina Brick Paver Burgundy

Burgundy

Catalina Brick Paver Charcoal

Charcoal

Catalina Brick Paver Dark Ironspot

Dark Ironspot

Catalina Brick Paver Light Ironspot

Light Ironspot

Catalina Brick Paver Medium Ironspot

Medium Ironspot

Catalina Brick Paver Pueblo Flashed

Pueblo Flash

Catalina Brick Paver Red Flashed

Red Flashed

Catalina Brick Paver Rose Tan

Rose Tan

Catalina Brick Paver Saltillo

Saltillo

Catalina Brick Paver Sterling Grey

Sterling Grey

Catalina Brick Paver Sunset Red

Sunset Red

INSTALLATION

Set it the way the project asks for it.

I

Sandset

Direct over a compacted base. Patios, driveways, paths. The way Roman roads were laid.

II

Thinset

Over slab, prepared mortar bed, or backer board. Indoor floors, walls, fireplaces.

III

Mortared

Full mortar bed and joints. Structural walls, façades, deep pattern work.

IV

Adhesive

For thin brick formats over prepared substrate. Interior accent walls and feature surfaces.

CUSTOM IS THE STANDARD

Two pieces or ten thousand

We started as a custom shop and we still run that way. Send a chip. Bring a swatch. Show us what you're building. We develop custom glazes, custom shapes, and custom color matches — and run a sample before any production commitment.

custom Color

custom Shape

Historical Match

Color Match

two pieces

two pallets

Material truth

Rustic Elegance

Rough and refined at the same time. A handcrafted edge where no two pieces are exactly alike. A porous surface that ages with the room. Color that runs through the body, in a palette that belongs in a gallery.

It is not a marketing phrase. It is a material truth. Far from perfect, and that is the whole point.