Esoteric Survey

La Gardo Tackett and Hans Bellmann  Roy McMakin Van Keppel Green and Ferris Shaknove Ellamarie Woolley MillerKnoll A couple friends made a Good Design tote and gave me one. Speaking of friends, there's nothing like getting a group together in a parking lot at 4am on a Sunday morning.  It was  Downtown Modernism . This is pretty much my favorite flea market these days. The 8am view

Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona. In 2019 I was researching a plastic bubble  (aka Playspace Structures) I played on when I was a kid and I discovered it and Biosphere 2 were invented by Peter Jon Pearce, a former Eames Office employee.  He  designed and produced the frame and glazing materials for Biosphere 2. As a staff designer at the Eames Office from 1958 to 1961, he helped with the Eames Tandem Seating, Aluminum Group Base, La Fonda Base, Segmented Table Base, Time Life Chair, and Eames Sofa. More about the Eames work on his ( website ).  Funny aside, on his website I notice he lifted a photo from my blog from the time I visited the  Herman Miller archives . Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is earth)  was constructed from 1987 to 1991 and  is still a functioning  controlled artificial environment dedicated to climate research. The project was started by a group of former thespian commune members with asperations of living in space. They were fund...

More pots... Laura Andreson, Roger Marshall and Wayne Chapman More books Some really good ones

  Pond Farm, Barbara Willis and Erik Gronborg A pile o' clay, in cluding Joel Edwards, Charles Counts, Ed Thompson, Wayne Chapman and Robert Maxwell Elizabeth Madley Soleri, watering can and Aubock

 Harrison McIntosh house, designed by Claremont architect Fred McDowell. It was part of a tour by  Claremont Heritage . Ikebana arrangement by my friend Auralynn Nguyễn . In a McIntosh ceramic of course. In addition to the many McIntosh pieces, there are quite of few pieces by Sam Maloof.  Huge lantern by Harrison.    Soleri Bell = In the know . Karl Benjamin house, also by Fred McDowell. This and the McIntosh home are owned by the artist's children. They are doing a wonderful job preserving the legacy and so kind to open up their homes. Another  arrangement by  Auralynn Nguyễn .  This one too. Studies by Benjamin. I was pretty excited to see that Karl Benjamin was a Pacific Iron fan. Milo Baughman I couldn't figure this one out at first. I'm not sure about these pieces in particular but Karl traded a painting for some of his furniture. They made out on that deal.  I'm pretty sure it's this Pacific Iron daybed that has been reconfigured ...