Esoteric Survey

Doyle Lane from the late 1950s Jean Balmer Jere Osgood book ends. The only other piece I've had by him was one of his amazing clocks. These bookends were sold through America House. America House was a retail sales outlet for craft located in New York City, operated by the American Craftsmen’s Council. They were in opertaion in various forms from 1940 to 1971. The catalogs are great. They sold some major work by the Natzlers, Paul Evans, Soleri, and many lesser known artists. Also, I paid a lot more than that. Craftlation is real. Robert Sperry Ed Thompson was in the San Diego Allied Craftsmen and Potter's Guild. I've known of his work for a long time but have started to appreciate it a lot more recently. He knew his way around a wheel, that's for sure. His surface design is pretty great too.

Home and studio of architect  Agustin Hernandez  (1975) I'm catching up on posts from my last trip to Mexico. This time I ventured to La colonia Bosques de las Lomas on the outskirts of Mexico CIity. It's the richest enclave of the city and where a number of world embassies are located. It was certainly a different environment when Hernandez built here in the mid-seventies. I don't usually spend much time in Photoshop, but the placement of this streetlight is horrendous. The architect still lives and works here, although that's not him. The structure is 130 feet. Not too far down the hill is another project by Hernandez.  Casa en el aire (Casa Volada) was built in 1991. It's in a gated portion of  Las Lomas and this was as close as I could get. 

  Vivika and Otto Heino, Danish mirror and a Mexican basket Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley Joel Edwards, Susan Peterson, Laura Andreson and Heath Insert AP here More books

Euro lamp Felmore Associates Log Basket by Stewart-Winthrop Early Jens Quistgaard ice bucket and Arabia pitchers Emil Milan bird and an Ain book

The "Sombrero" was designed in 1949 by Jack Morris when he we a student at The California School of Art. La Gardo Tackett was the instructor. This was pre-Architectural Pottery. Paolo Soleri Sculpture Hal Rieger Pamela Weir-Quiton Now I have a pair of Georgie Dolls Jens Quistgaard Eames ESU 200

I took a trip up Highway 99 and stopped in Fresno again.  This is a sore topic around here. Although I drive down Fulton Street every time I'm in Fresno,  I haven't posted about it since  2016 .  Over the years  I've done many posts about the mall. The first was in  2010 .  The Fulton Mall in 1967 For a recap, in the mid-1950s Downtown Fresno merchants and city officials were looking for ways to revitalize the central business district. They hired Victor Gruen to create a visionary plan. With the help of legendary landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, they  created a grand pedestrian orientated design that linked the six-block business district to the civic center.  The Fulton Mall opened in 1964 (Happy 60th Anniversary) and was a nationally-recognized success, both commercially and in terms of design. The art at the Fulton Mall included 20 sculptures by artists  found in major museum collections. This includes large sculptures by Claire Fa...