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The NATURE10 range of facing bricks from Vande Moortel are made using the Wasserstrich method. The NATURE10 range are produced using Vande Moortel’s ‘Hand-Made’ production technique which produces a strong brick with rich natural colour variations including traces of coal.
These bricks are an entirely natural product, made of alluvial clay from the Quaternary from the Scheldt Valley. The brick is formed in an un-sanded mold with the clay fired at at-least 1150 °C. The facing brick is a solid molded brick and has a homogeneous structure. It is free from lime and other inclusions and has at least one stretch and one head which are free from cracks and other aspects which negatively affect the overall appearance of the brickwork.
Vande Moortel’s ‘Hand-Made’ manufacturing process means that each brick is unique. Natural colour variations are achieved through a reduced firing process with varying levels of oxygen. The burn marks on the bricks are achieved by manually scattering coals over the bricks during the firing process. This manual production process gives the bricks rough contours and faint stripe patterns.
