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Eric Foster
1913-2000
Eric Foster was hired by
Tim Wible as Smith's designer from 1971-97.
This is his studio, just as he left it...
here he is sculpting the plaster model for the basketweave bowl...
here's the section on Eric in
Tom Felt's book
on Smith Glass...
...after he retired, he enjoyed playing Santa as a professional model...
and was featured in this
Trib-Review article
from 21may84...
and in this
Senior Life article
from 1Apr99...
Eric passed away in 2000, suffering from the emphysema he blamed on the gunsmoke that filled the tank he commanded in WWII.
That's his beloved Aeronca Chief...real airplanes are taildraggers, he always told me:-)
He participated in the liberation of Paris,
serving in the Free French Army.