A fitting tribute

+ A fitting tribute
A day after receiving an Ageless Creativity Award from the Ringling College/Longboat Key Center for the Arts in honor of their late father, Ed Brickman, daughter Carol Diamant and son Eli Brickman held a celebration of life service Saturday.

Greeting guests at the door were photos of Brickman and a display of some of his trademarks. These included things he used as a renowned forged jewelry designer and teacher at the Arts Center, his trusty tennis racket and a wok full of nuts, bolts and screws — a tribute to the company Brickman founded in 1954 in a basement in New York City — Uneeda Bolt & Screw Co. Inc. His son operates the company today.