That's pretty in the right location, but I don't think a kitchen backsplash is the correct location. The three dimensional surface of the tiles will be a nightmare to keep clean because the little crevices will harbor the residue of splashes of all kinds.

Well, you just icked my wow --- :-D.....Very good point......

My cooktop is on an island with a down vent so there is no tile in that area.

But you would still have splashes from washing dishes and the cake mix flying off the beaters when you accidentally turn the mixer on too fast.

This is not a relief tile and is more of an encaustic tile look (it's porcelain, though), and 6x6, but it has a similar tone-on-tone patchwork effect. It also looks like you can get it for under $5 per square foot.

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Did you look at Pratt and Larson.

Pratt and Larson won't be cheap either. Around $22/tile for a 5"x10" Scraffito Pattern.
https://prattandlarson.com/product-category/relief-tile/bas-relief/scraffito/

I have a fairly rustic house and have a lot of pottery - I would like to find a tile that looks like pottery. The backsplash area is only 18" high so I guess I need to go with smaller tiles.

Well, I've done a complete flip -- Now I'm liking this tile.

I love that last tile! where is it from?

Here is a link: Tile

Cambria Cuddington Countertop.

I think the spanish tile looks good with the other elements you have picked out BUT does it relate to anything else in your house? Have you looked at photos of similar tiles in a backsplash? That tile becomes a major pattern when applied to a backsplash. Sometimes these tiles look great alone, but when you have a whole wall, the look is very different and can be too much visually.

A scrub brush would take care of any splashes, I like that look!

Hard to find a whole backsplash done in these more "traditional" patterns, but you do find them being used for accent areas. There are modern interpretations of these patterns that are done in tone-on-tone colors so the pattern becomes more muted.

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I would order 10 of these tiles and then use Sticky Putty (by Alcolin, sold on Amazon) to stick them up to the wall, so you can get a real feel for how the pattern will look. You can then also take photos and photoshop the whole backsplash to give you a really good feel for the end result in your space.

PS. the Sticky Putty is great. I use it for securing things due to living in earthquake country, but it has come in amazingly handy for decorating and design projects to hold up samples! Disclaimer Note: it will not hold up very heavy items for ever, so use caution and some common sense.

You could also just do color photocopies of the tile and tape the paper to the wall.

My cooktop is on an island, so there is no large space behind. Just the 18" on two walls with the cabinets. The only color is in the rug in the adjacent dining area. The walls are a cream plaster throughout the kitchen/dining/living areas.

I love the Spanish Tile!!

It looks like the spanish tile style would go with your cabinets, travertine floors and your furniture, so you aren't choosing something that would be totally unrelated to other elements in the house.

I want to paint the island - maybe something like the lower cabinets in the first photo Chispa posted. Or a darker version of the turquoise/aqua in the tile.

Was browsing Houzz photos for my own ideas and came across this photo that might interest you.

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Now I'm liking this tile.