Considering the current interest in California art tiles, it’s sad that much of the work produced in the state between 1910 and 1940 has been lost to the wrecking ball. One of the most decorative ...
A Save the Tiles worker points out damage to Old Spanish-style tiles pulled from an Altadena house. (photo Angella d'Avignon/Hyperallergic) ALTADENA, Calif. — Eleven weeks have passed since ...
The chemical formulas for the tile glazes were top secret. The manufacturers and artists creating the exuberant colors and patterns to adorn the most fashionable houses in California of the 1920s were ...
Oakland tile setter Riley Doty remembers his first trip through the San Francisco Marina District in the late '70s. Doty, who had fallen in love with the ceramic medium during his teens in New York ...
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