TILE PRESERVATION

The Tile Heritage Foundation is an organization made up of tile artist, collectors, and people that appreciate tile as an art form. The THF gave me a renewed interest in tile. In 1998, I volunteered to help Riley Doty, a tile reclamation specialist from California, to remove twelve drinking fountain backsplashes from East High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. This was the start of something new, saving old tile from the wrecking ball. We did a lot of experimenting with equipment to save these historically important tiles. Although Doty was an expert at reclaiming tiles, he was not interested in traveling countrywide. I was in a position to be able to do so, and a new career was born. With the help of. Joe Taylor at THF, who highly recommends me to anyone who calls about saving tile, I am becoming the nation's foremost expert in preserving this important art form.

Also known as: Tile Heritage Foundation

Primary location: Palmetto United States