2024
Shards 'n Snippits Summer 2024
02/07/24 17:43 Filed in: Shards 'n Snippets
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Founded in July 1987 . Supporters, industry sponsors, members, major contributors, grantors, advocates … everyone… have made possible the continued fulfillment of the Foundation's mission to Document and Preserve tile history in the US both past and present. Link to: The Relevance of Tile Heritage Today
With the 2024 Flooring Sustainability Summit fast approaching, we wanted to extend a final invitation to attend this first-of-its-kind event. PROGRAM DETAILS & REGISTRATION!
Co-hosted by TCNA, NALFA, NSI and NWFA, the Summit will unite the flooring industry with architects and designers, policymakers, purchasers and more, with the common goal of advancing sustainable building practices.
Among the key topics covered, attendees can expect dynamic discussions around health and material reporting, green building standardization, and alignment on embodied carbon. PROGRAM DETAILS & REGISTRATION!
S. O. S.: Teco Murals at the University of Illinois Endangered!
An investigative report by the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette revealed that the University of Illinois, across the next decade, but starting soon, is going to demolish a whole series of buildings on campus and that the first to go “on the chopping block” ― to borrow the report’s headline ― is the Vivarium Building (1915-16) (illus. 1), which is flanked on its east and west façades at the second-story level by two magnificent, near-identical Teco murals depicting roiling carp overtopped by a rolling wave, all glazed in sumptuous ‘Teco green’. PRESERVING THESE HISTORICALLY VALUABLE CERAMIC MURALS NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE! Full Information provided by Dr. Richard Mohr. CLICK For the FULL STORY . You can help to preserve these murals simply by writing a two or three sentence e-letter to the Chancellor of the University:
Robert J. Jones, Chancellor
Further SPOTLIGHT ON CERAMIC SURFACES . .
Cary Public Art: Brick Sculptures Bring Charm to Black Creek Greenway, Cary, NC.
In his public art series called, “The Arts Alfresco,” Brad Spencer uses brick, a classic industrial building material, to create something that truly defies what people expect of it.
Read the full story here or click the image!
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Calendars/Events /Workshops
01/07/24 17:43 Filed in: Calendar/Events
EVENTS & INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD!
TILE HISTORY evolves every day . . . Tile Heritage Foundation is here to RECORD it!
With the 2024 Flooring Sustainability Summit fast approaching, we wanted to extend a final invitation to attend this first-of-its-kind event. PROGRAM DETAILS & REGISTRATION!
Co-hosted by TCNA, NALFA, NSI and NWFA, the Summit will unite the flooring industry with architects and designers, policymakers, purchasers and more, with the common goal of advancing sustainable building practices.
Among the key topics covered, attendees can expect dynamic discussions around health and material reporting, green building standardization, and alignment on embodied carbon. PROGRAM DETAILS & REGISTRATION!
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Meet The Board of THF
30/06/24 18:11 Filed in: Meet the Board of THF
We're social … connect to Tile Heritage ……. share this site... Thank you!
Founded in July 1987 . Supporters, industry sponsors, members, major contributors, grantors, advocates … everyone… have made possible the continued fulfillment of the Foundation's mission to Document and Preserve tile history in the US both past and present. Link to: The Relevance of Tile Heritage Today
…… the MOST VALUABLE ASSETT of the Foundation ……..
the Tile Heritage BOARD OF DIRECTORS, our governing body!
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Founded in July 1987 . Supporters, industry sponsors, members, major contributors, grantors, advocates … everyone… have made possible the continued fulfillment of the Foundation's mission to Document and Preserve tile history in the US both past and present. Link to: The Relevance of Tile Heritage Today
…… the MOST VALUABLE ASSETT of the Foundation ……..
the Tile Heritage BOARD OF DIRECTORS, our governing body!
READ MORE ....E-News Spring 2024
13/04/24 17:07 Filed in: E-News
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Founded in July 1987 . Supporters, industry sponsors, members, major contributors, grantors, advocates … everyone… have made possible the continued fulfillment of the Foundation's mission to Document and Preserve tile history in the US both past and present. Link to: The Relevance of Tile Heritage Today
Spring 2024 "E-News" (Click the IMAGE!)
Tile Heritage Legacy Friends Planned Giving
https://endowment.tileheritage.org
Questions? EMAIL: foundation@tileheritage.org
STEWARDSHIP: What are the current vital educational activities of the Tile Heritage Foundation? LEARN MORE!
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Shards 'n Snippets Winter/Spring
10/04/24 16:07 Filed in: Shards 'n Snippets
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Founded in July 1987 . Supporters, industry sponsors, members, major contributors, grantors, advocates … everyone… have made possible the continued fulfillment of the Foundation's mission to Document and Preserve tile history in the US both past and present. Link to: The Relevance of Tile Heritage Today
A REQUEST from TILE HERITAGE
We are VERY APPRECIATIVE of your TILE DONATIONS!
PLEASE Ship by May 13th 2024 THANK YOU!
Mathematicians (D. Smith, J.S. Myers, C.S. Kaplan and C. Goodman-Strauss) have finally discovered an elusive ‘einstein’ tile! A 13-sided tile called “the hat” forms a pattern that covers an infinite plane yet it cannot repeat, making it a long-sought shape known as an “einstein.” A sample of that pattern is shown here. TAP the image for more of the story by Emily Conover. (CC BY 4.0)
Although the name “einstein” conjures up the iconic physicist, it comes from the German ein stein, meaning “one stone,” referring to the single tile. The einstein sits in a weird purgatory between order and disorder. Though the tiles fit neatly together and can cover an infinite plane, they are aperiodic, meaning they can’t form a pattern that repeats. Image courtesy : Robert Fathauer
… and PENROSE aperiodic tiling……. DETAILS
Treasures from the Past & Present
A Video-Chicago Art & Architecture . . or tap the image
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