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Askew Elementary School
- The "Make your Mark Program" was a creative and colorful way of raising funds
for their school. The Mad Potter has provided instruction and on-location assistance
for the past three years instructing and assisting children to paint tiles they
have purchased that represent their families. Askew purchased each tile from
The Mad Potter for a price that included our visit to the school, paint, brushes,
design tools for painting and glazing and firing. They then marked the tiles
up 3-5 times the cost and sold them to students and their families and staff.
It is a wonderful way to allow students and families to "Make their Mark". For
years to come, those children when grown will be able to come back and show their
children their artwork and handprint. It is a great display of their student's
art and adds colorful backdrop to the school's playground. Askew had over
800 students participate painting over 1000 tiles over the last three years.
The Kinkaid School painted
hundreds of tiles to
decorate their new Lower
School hallway, creating
a beautiful and vibrant "Wall
of Fame". Each student
made their "claim to
fame" by painting an
individual tile that
comprises one of several
huge wall murals.
Emerging Leaders of Downtown board
used their mural
painting event
for team-building
sessions. The
mural depicts
the
pillars on
which the group
was
founded and
its logo. The
mural
now hangs
on the interior
wall
of their
office reception
area.
Jones
McClure
Publishing brought
in their
entire
company
to paint
tiles
as a "paint
outside
the box" exercise.
They
used
all
of their
artwork
to tile
their
company's
large
conference
table.
Children's
Museum of Houston . "Pathway
of Excellence" allowed
families of the community
to become a part of the sidewalk
surrounding the museum while
giving to the CM in a creative
way. Pathway participants
received "Tile
Coupons" from
the Museum upon the receipt
of their donation. They then
used those coupons to decorate
specified tiles at any of
the Mad Potter locations.
The museum then organized
a day when concrete contractors
came and assisted the benefactors
in setting their tiles. The
sidewalk mural is a perfect
example of multi-generational
art: seniors, teens, elementary
kids and even pre-schoolers
participated along side local
business leaders and benefactors. The
end result is a fantastic
display of public art and
talent!
Private
Homes
- The pictures here show various ways that tile and ceramics can be used in your
home, beach house or ranch.
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