Pasadena Weekly: Rediscovering Batchelder’s Legacy: Workshops Honor Pasadena’s Tile Master

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When the Eaton Fire tore through Pasadena, Batchelder's century-old tiles were often the only fragments that survived. Folk Lounge founder Shagho is leading workshops at Pasadena Heritage asking his question: why did we stop embedding beauty into everyday objects? Made possible by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.

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