The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA) presents this lecture in its Fall 2013 series, Living with Arts & Crafts.
Did you know that Berkeley was once home to a prestigious ceramics manufacturer? The California Faience company created hand-crafted tiles and pottery for the high-end market. Their most famous and influential tile installations are to be found at Hearst Castle.
In this illustrated lecture, tile scholar Dr. Kirby William Brown, who is the grandson of California Faience founder William Bragdon, will present a retrospective showing the entire range of beautiful pottery and tiles made by the company, including early work by co-founder Chauncey Thomas. Featured will be several unique custom tile commissions that have never before been documented, along with a review of the tiles at Hearst Castle and examples of many architectural installations in the Berkeley area.
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Dr. Brown is currently writing the definitive book on the subject and will curate the exhibition Of Cottages and Castles: The Art of California Faience (22 Feb.–17 May 2015) at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
Tickets $15 per lecture, $40 for the series of three. Info & advance ticket purchase: http://berkeleyheritage.com/calendar.html
