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Jack James Executive Service Corps San Francisco, California
Jill Herbers
author of Tile New York, New York
Jim Kassebaum Laguna Clay Company City of Industry, California
Barbara Sallick Waterworks Danbury, Connecticut
George Anderjack Executive Director Santa Barbara Historical Society Santa Barbara, California
Suzanne Driscoll Savannah, Georgia |
I am seizing an opportunity
to thank you for the invaluable—absolutely invaluable—help that
you have given my graduate students during the last
several
years. Your generosity with your time and knowledge has brought
forth extraordinary fruit. Because of what
you have helped
us learn, tile has become a standard subject in my graduate seminars
and my undergraduate lecture
classes. A coterie of tile-o-philes
has taken shape, and we are now far better able to promote the
preservation of
the University’s historic
buildings.
Charles Brownell
Professor of Art History Virginia Commonwealth University
The late Sandra Tesar Art in Clay
Derek De Bono Winifred Pottery and Tile Works Windsor, Ontario
Kathryn Schnabel Chicago, Illinois
Andrea Jacoby Erie, Pennsylvania
Ted Lowitz
Lowitz & Company Chicago, Illinois |
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I want you to know that we are much interested in
the Tile Heritage Foundation, its progress and its
prospects.
You have an unusual organization that
richly deserves to be more widely known and appreciated.
I must say that
you have given me a new awareness of
tile as an art form and its many aesthetic contributions
to our living and
working surroundings.
Thanks for being a tile angel
and helping me. I’ve
passed the word about the Foundation to many people
and just as many already knew about you!
“Flash Point” continues to be one of the very special
publications which we receive. Jon Brooks and I join
with all Laguna “readers” in complimenting you on a
job
extraordinarily well done.
The Tile Heritage Foundation is
one solid idea after
another. Its impact on those of us who love tile may
sink in slowly, but it can’t be ignored.
It gets your
attention, and it leaves no question that you have been
moved—moved enough to join and to encourage a
friend or
colleague to become a member as well.
Your lecture on “The History of American Decorative
Tiles”
was especially favored by our members and their guests. Your
scholarship in your field and excellent speaking
style
demonstrated great competence, for which I congratulate you.
Thank you for your commitment to local history,
for a truly
outstanding program that revealed another aspect of Santa
Barbara’s history, and for a job very well
done!
It’s amazing how
completely you embrace the
world of tile. I should’ve become a member a long time ago!
I read
all of the things you sent me
cover to cover, and I must tell you that I am “ablaze” with an
eagerness to know more
and do more and explore more. Not since
I began hand-building clay in 1983 have I been as challenged
and fulfilled
as I am by the tile work or as excited about
finding an organization that supports preservation, awareness,
and
development of ceramic surface.
Thank you for the very kind words regarding my new
catalog. I’ve
recorded your phone message onto a separate tape recorder, and I
keep that recorder beside my bed.
I play your message first thing
in the morning; it helps me get up at 5:30 a.m.
Two years ago I began to work as an artist making
mosaics. I phoned
you to ask for information about the Foundation and for names of other
mosaicists. You were
kind enough to refer me to several people who were
very helpful and encouraging. I’m delighted to join a group
that is so
interested in its members.
Your time and interest in responding to
my inquiry
is truly appreciated. The examples of tile work and the
information you have supplied will enhance our study of
tiles and
give us a clearer understanding of how close to home notable tile
work can be found.
I’m glad to send you my renewal. You and your work help the art tile world have a cohesiveness and a valuable,
inspiring sense of
history.