joint functions to prevent the thin brick element 1 from pulling off the tenon clip 10 and off the vertical wall supporting structure a starter strip not shown is utilized to support the thin brick elements from below from above or from one side starter strips may be straight or curved curved starter strips may be used to span archways and the like the starter strip has a support flange a base flange depending from the support flange preferably at a right angle and a linking flange depending from the base flange preferably at a right angle and preferably depending in the same direction as the support flange preferably the support flange of the starter strip has one or more apertures preferably two or more apertures for accepting fastening means for fastening the starter strip to the structural wall the linking flange is housed within the groove on the edge of the facing element the linking flange preferably does not bottom out in the groove preferably the base flange of the starter strip has one or more drainage holes for permitting moisture to escape from the behind the vertical wall structure the starter strip has a length long enough to span two or more thin brick elements the starter strip has a length preferably from about 3 to 12 feet more preferably about 4 or about 8 feet in one embodiment the tenon clip 10 can be made by bending and cutting one single piece of metal in one embodiment a piece of metal with dimensions 4 25.