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Don and Nancy Buttfield
Pete Boorum, 2008 Recipient of the Don Buttfield Award Pete has been a student at school, received his Artisan a few years ago, and is now a teacher at the Guild School. He is the Tool Pool Co-Coordinator, coming up to school for the entire week before school starts and working with three other people to get the power tools and accessories sorted out and distributed to instructors. He stays at the end of the week to inventory the tools for maintenance and repairs. He then takes home those tools needing repairs and parts. He organizes the purchase of tools and parts, often ordering them himself, having them shipped to his house, and then going through them all for a quality check; and maybe adding jigs, bases, etc. when necessary. Pete is a member of the School Committee and adds valuable insight, both from a student’s and instructor’s perspective. This is just “the facts”. What hasn’t been said is his unbelievable commitment to making sure the instructors’ tool needs are taken care of – that they have what they need and it is of the quality they want. He spends time calling, emailing, and visiting with instructors (prior to school) to make sure there are no problems. He is an excellent artist, mainly making Shaker furniture which requires a high degree of workmanship and perfection to achieve that “simple” look. He donates to the school auction each year. Pete also teaches seminars every year, usually both nights. To quote a Guild School instructor, “Pete is the kind of in-the-trenches guy the school could not manage without. He gives his whole heart, his time, his energy, his whole self and all in a quiet, unassuming way. He's the kind of guy who makes the rest of us look like stars, asking nothing for himself. I think it would be great for him to know how important he is to us.”
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Don Buttfield Award By Barbara Davis, Guild School Director The Don Buttfield Award, established in 1998, is given annually by the International Guild of Miniature Artisans to a member of the Guild in memory of Don Buttfield. The Award is given in recognition of a student or instructor whose contributions of time and talents toward the good of the Guild School and whose generosity of spirit reflects the values embodied by Don Buttfield. The recipient is someone who has shown the same unassuming qualities that Don Buttfield possessed in such a large measure and who shines, unselfishly, by sharing his or her talents and skills with others for the benefit of the Guild School. In addition to being a brilliantly talented Fellow of the Guild, Don Buttfield was a longtime summer resident of Castine, and it was largely through his and his wife Nancy’s efforts that the Maine Maritime Academy became the home of the Guild School for the past twenty-five years. The award recipient’s name is engraved on a plaque. At the opening ceremony at the Guild School in June, the recipient is announced and receives the Buttfield Award Rock, a very special rock brought from Castine and engraved with stars. Past winners of the Don Buttfield Award are: 1998 Bill Burkey The Don Buttfield Committee 2007:-Carey Buttfield, Family Member
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