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As of March 26th, 2004, Ephraim Faience
Pottery indefinitely suspended production of tiles, lidded boxes, and
paperweights. We have no plans to resume production of these items.
The reason our company exists at all is
due to the talents, interests, and strengths of our artists and employees.
If something doesn't ring true for us, or if we're not interested in a
certain type of product, we won't make it. Likewise, as the interests of
our employees and our employees themselves change, what we make changes,
too.
Our talented tile maker, Todd Butzin,
has left the EFP family. He felt called in a
different direction and wished to make a change in his life. While we were very sad
to see him go, we respect his desire to move on to the next phase of his
life. Our primary concern is that Todd (as well as everyone else who
works at Ephraim) is happy and fulfilled in whatever he chooses to do in
life.
Todd was the person at EFP with the talent and interest
in making tiles and other pressed and molded items. The strengths and
interests of our remaining artists lie in throwing, sculpting, and
glazing. We didn't want to hire another person to make tile solely for the
sake of continuing these product lines, nor did we want to obligate our
remaining artists to work in areas in which they are not particularly
interested. For these reasons, we decided to suspend production of
tiles, lidded boxes, and paperweights. We are concentrating our efforts on
what our current family of artists does best: making pottery.
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