Comments on: Simon Pettet’s Tiles At Dennis Severs’ House

By: Bill Cahill

Bill Cahill — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 02:48:32 +0000

Thank you, thank you for this genius posting. Yer quite right in making us aware of this very interesting young man, whose art and life was so sadly cut off. How nice to see his fine visage. A very good-looking boy. A jewel in the history of the craftsmanship of that time. Thank you.

I think I might have posted here about how I first read about Dennis Severs’ House in the American version of House and Garden, which, in the 80’s, was far superior to Architectural Digest, which was simply an over-blown, over-lit Hollywood extravaganza. House and Garden reached into the very interesting world of what mattered. Like Dennis Severs’ House.

Gentle Author, you seem destined to record the history of this beguiling and yes, strange place. Strange in the sense of the examination of the untoward and desirable, the non-quotidian. The non-sublunary. The “that” upon which your audience naturally battens.

We want to know about all those who had/have been instrumental in being a part of Mr. Severs’ revelation of another part of reality. The reality we care to know.

All of them. Mr. Pettet, and who knows who else.

You do, boy. We are waiting. Eagerly!

By: Laura Williamson

Laura Williamson — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 17:18:48 +0000

A rare talent and a sad loss. RIP Simon.

By: Sigrid Werner

Sigrid Werner — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:13:02 +0000

Morgen is een andre Dag ( in High German: Morgen ist ein anderer Tag) can also be translated “Tomorrow is a different day”- the sentence holds both meanings in one.

By: Rick Armiger

Rick Armiger — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 11:10:35 +0000

What a happy ‘memory prompt’ to have this morning, of my (mostly great) days in E1 and our visits to the magical Sever House.

And those tiles are quite beautiful!

If there is someone in 2021 making tiles, with the same care and beauty of the late Simon Pettet, please get in touch.

I and NetworkModelmakers are in Holland now (after completing the Queen’s Westminster Abbey models, not many people know that…), and based now in an ancient canal house.

I think we need some tiles of this cool caliber here.

By: Peter Hart

Peter Hart — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:57:49 +0000

Wonderful thank you so much.

By: Janet Mantle

Janet Mantle — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:37:19 +0000

What an interesting story. Such talent and humour in those tiles. How tragic that we lost so many young men to AIDS. This is a beautiful legacy.

By: David Gooding

David Gooding — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:56:00 +0000

An historical gem and honey pot for anyone with an interest in how lives were lived in those days.
What an amazing and creative way to unfurl the past.

By: Herry Lswford

Herry Lswford — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:05:00 +0000

How fascinating – and what beautiful tiles!