The Chamber Day tile murals from this year are near and dear to our heart. And we're a little surprised we haven't had more of you commit to getting one. Our concern is that this may be partly due to the price (which we freely admit is not cheap)..

Because we did so well with the overall fund-raising we're DROPPING THE PRICE on the very cool tile murals. Instead of $575, you can now get either the tile border version or the full poster version (with tile in the middle) for just $495. We realize that's still not "cheap" but our cost on each one approaches $400 plus we have to amortize mold and setup fees required to get the project started.

They're designed for us by Matt Doolin at Topanga Art Tile and they really are a work of art. Each tile mural is hand-crafted and hand-colored, then fired and assembled by hand. A lot of work goes into each one.

Since the actual garibaldi/divers/kelp is the only part rendered in tile, you can choose to have them finished in one of two ways. Either just the tile portion surrounded by a blue tile border (really looks nice) or the complete poster version with tile in the middle, all text rendered on museum-quality velum paper surrounding it and then framed. Either one will look great on your wall and either one is now just $495.

Those of you (only a few quite frankly) who already purchase the tiles will only be charged the reduced price. For anyone else interested, we've decided that we can leave tile orders through the website open for two more weeks, until the Memorial Day Weekend. But we'll close it after that and give the orders to our tile guy.

So if you were thinking about the tiles but just a little hesitant, hopefully the price reduction will help spur you on. If you need to remind yourself what they look like, just go here: http://dornsife.usc.edu/chamberday/chamber-day-tiles/ .