Batchelder Tile Company

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During the height of the Arts & Crafts movement, Batchelder the art teacher (before he began his little tile company) came to Minneapolis to organized the Handicraft Guild in Minneapolis, where he taught summer courses . He published two books during his teaching career. "Design Theory and Practice" in 1909 & "The Principles of Design" in 1911 More Here!  Here are a few links with lots of cool Batchelder - A&C info BATCHELDER BIO Earnest Batchelder! His Little Tile company; Batchelder Tile Company!   Batchelders part in A&C Arts&Crafts - Batchelder!   Our Ernest Batchelder experience  Just a few minutes before the demo crew was to take a sledge hammer to the little sunroom of tiles, set to be remodeled.  One of the men mentioned to the homeowner, that, maybe some of these tiles could be sold to Architectural Antiques.  He thought he remembered that they even removed items like this.  Wow that way the homeowner could maybe save a few dollars on the demolition & maybe even get paid for the pretty little tiles.   Well, as you will see, this began our little batchelder adventure . . . read and see more HERE! You Find more about the Arts & Crafts Movement Here;  An Arts & Crafts time line A&C Dates! a whole lot of books about Americas Arts & Crafts Movement; www.arts-crafts.com!   From original stained glass to the Batchelder salvage find, see what others have done with original architectural salvage items.

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Ernest Allan Batchelder Organizer of the Handicraft Guild in Minneapolis "The importance of Ernest Batchelder as an Arts and Crafts tilemaker cannot be overstated. For his innovation in design, his entrepreneurial spirit, his living his life true to the principles that he espoused, he is a man to be admired by all generations." --Joseph A. Taylor, Tile Heritage Foundation "Ernest Batchelder is representation of the many talented individuals who were drawn to Pasadena and the Arroyo Seco at the turn of the century. In this book Robert Winter has captured his independent spirit." --Sue Schechter, Chair, California State Historical Resources Commission "This first comprehensive look at Ernest Batchelder's successful tile-making enterprise is long overdue. Batchelder's essays on Arts and Crafts design theory reached a national audience in his time, and continue to inform the contemporary revival of the movement today. Dr. Winter brings careful scholarship, lively writing, and a long-nurtured passion to his subject." --Edward R. Bosley, James N. Gamble Director, The Gamble House, Pasadena, California “Robert Winter’s masterful and much-needed new book establishes Ernest Batchelder as a giant of the great age of American decorative tile making and a key figure in the history of design within the Arts and Crafts movement.” --Cleota Reed, Syracuse University, author Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Tile Works