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[Editors note: This is from Richard Dietzel, the author's husband]

A bit more information on the book, "A Wish for Wings and Other Things" being sold in support of the Charity AMX, my wife wrote the book in response to her experience with my chronic illnesses. The entire story came from a dream she had, the next morning she wrote it and in two weeks had the art work done. After editing it was published. It has won two awards.

Our intention always was to use the book as a fundraiser for health related charities. It has been sold by hospitals, a Cancer Center, three national health groups and several smaller ones. Charity AMX made perfect sense to us both.

The illustrations are figurative cast paper, Sara's primary medium. Sara carves an image in wood or rigid foam, grinds acid free paper into pulp, dyes the pulp then casts each color into the various parts of the mold. She often adds materials such as glass, wood or metal.

Below are quotes about the book and snippets from Sara's resume.

"A Wish For Wings and Other Things : a magical tale for everyone of every age ever touched by illness."

The book is about healing not curing, about helping to make things better about a brief escape not denial.

One little girl enlists the help of her dreams to create a magical gift of wings for a friend who is ill. Together, they lift and take a ride, even though they are inside.

"We all know stories wherein a maiden must spin straw into gold - an impossible task. Through words and pictures, Sara Glater does something perhaps more difficult - she spins sorrow into beauty. What's more, she teaches us how to do the same. A Story simple enough to be admired for it's beautiful, cast paper illustrations, rhyme, and well - told tale, it answers a most bewildering question: What to do when someone you love is sick?"
-Joel ben-Izzy, Traveling Story Teller

"Sara has translated her personal experience insight, sensitivity and creativity into a positive, wonderfully uplifting message."
-Martin Brotman, MD, President, California Pacific Medical Center.

"Wings... a child of the heart, divinely beautiful and childishly honest."
- Don Paul, San Francisco Review of books

SARA D. GLATER
M.A.-Printmaking,
Graduate Certificate-Theatre Design,
B.A.-Studio Art
San Francisco State University
Cranbrook Academy of Art
University of California, Santa Cruz

I have been in the field of Arts Education for over twenty years and was the Executive Director of the San Francisco and Marin Children's Art Centers from 1984 to 1993. Currently I run my own program, Art Soup, in Eugene, Oregon.

I have written and illustrated several books for children and adults. The first of these titled, A Wish For Wings and Other Things was released in 1996. Artwork published as card designs and various products with Brush Dance and Ministry of the Arts; Sisters of Saint Joseph of La Grange.

SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Professional Offices of:
Martin Brotman, M.D., CEO, California Pacific Medical Center.
Shane Samy, DDS.
Jack Sherman, DDS.
Laura Worth, M.D.
Taly Rutenberg, MFCC.
Peter Rutter, MD.
Virginia Beane, MFCC.
Neil Singer, MD.
Emma Rawlings, Ph.D.
John Hale, Attorney at Law; San Francisco, Palo Alto and Oakland, CA.
California Pacific Medical Center, Pulmonary Center.
Marin General Hospital, Birthing Center.
California Pacific Medical Center, Center for Alternative Healing CA.
IBD Center, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Marin Beneral Cancer Center, CA.
Crohn's And Colitis Foundation of America, Card and invitation.
Psychology Department, University of Oregon.
UCLA, School of Engineering, CA.
Heart Dance, Mill Valley. Magazine cover image.
Old City Press, Berkeley, CA, Album cover.
Lyrique, Pacifica, CA, Album cover.
Sansone & Assoc., Mill Valley, Concert Poster and Flyer.
Sharon Campbell & Assoc.
Women In Communications, Inc., Detroit and San Francisco Chapters.
U.C. Santa Cruz Stage Design, Romeo and Juliet.
U.C. Santa Cruz Poster Design, Three Penny Opera.
U.C. Santa Cruz, City On The Hill Press, Cover Illustration.
Rev. Carolyn Colbert, Unitarian Church, Eugene, OR.
Pamela & David Grisman, CA.
Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA.
Viacom, San Francisco, CA.
Glendeven Inn, Little River, CA.
Jalapeno's Restaurant, San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Women's Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
San Mateo County Center for the Arts, San Mateo, CA.
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI.
Pennzoil Place-Philip Johnston Towers, Houston, TX.
National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, MI.
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Arthur Anderson and Company, St. Louis, MO.

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Last Updated 06/26/02 10:29:08 PM