Mosaics can enchant humans with gestalt beauty, but for many other creatures, their worth transcends aesthetics. Repeating patterns of tilelike motifs adorn insect eyes, shark mouths, sunflower heads ...

The holidays are all about warmth and cheer and Fireplace Professionals is bringing that spirit to life with their annual Holiday Hearths contest & Giving Tree. Local designers have decked out ...

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Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any ...

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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 ...

In the Eaton Fire burn zone, fireplaces adorned with Arts and Crafts tiles are among the sole surviving relics of the town’s architectural heritage, and volunteers are on a mission to salvage them.

Within days after the ruinous Eaton Fire swept through Altadena and Pasadena, Cliff Douglas chanced upon a mission. The masonry contractor was checking on a job site in Altadena when he noticed the ...

The community of Altadena is coming together after the devastating Eaton Fire tore through the town, rallying to save its historic fireplace tiles from the surviving homes. An army of volunteers ...

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