Alphonse Mattia

Dear dear Alphonse, you were so funny, charming, and generous - and great company during our Saturday nights of "Cine y Cena" during the Covid lockdown. I was totally impressed when you were willing to get on the phone to order pizza for us, with your very few words of Spanish - but no fear! Somehow your charm always worked. :) I am still using the coffee maker you gifted me and I think of you when I do so. You will always be a part of the Mérida scene, dear Alphonse.

Hope you became the nice blade of grass you said

Alphonse was such a fun guy and will be greatly missed. We used to ride our motorcycles together and never really had a destination as the journey was the most fun.

I´ve chatted with Fonse most when he was serious and thoughtful, so I remember him most as a brilliant and caring man. What a loss!

Alphonse was an amazing teacher and mentor. He pushed my abilities as an artist and furniture maker. He will truly be missed yet he will continue to inspired a whole generation of artist and furniture makers. Thank you for everything, William Rhodes

Alfonse and I were friends at Roman Catholic HS. He was a funny and honest person. RIP Alfonse. Michael

I don´t believe I had the opportunity to meet Alphonse but I was always a great admirer of his amazing work. RIP Paula Levine

I am dumbfounded by this news. I met Alphonse when he moved to teach at IUP in Western Pa.. We often had lunch together before his Sunday dance class in Pittsburgh. He was so unassuming and one day mentioned something about making furniture but I had to look him up to see how what beautiful work he made and how respected he was in his field. When I saw a beautiful piece at the Carnegie Museum of Art I was stunned. Humble man to say the least. Gregarious, curious and interested is how I will...