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Pat Lopez / Freeman Lederman

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I picked this bell up from my good buddy Steve ( ayersfan ) on Downtown Modernism this past weekend. It has a Freeman Lederman label.  I picked this one up from Dean ( dacvintagela ) from the spring Downtown Modernism. He happens to be good pals with Steve and I think Dean is OK with me as well : ) Then there's the owl, which is much more common than the bells. I've had at least a few of them over the years. They were all offered by Freeman Lederman. Most things distributed by Freeman Lederman were designed by LaGardo Tackett or Kenji Fujita. However, they also sold many things that weren't. This includes traditional Japanese craft imports. The bell collection has always been a curious thing. I was convinced they weren't be Tackett or Fujita.  It turns out I was right. They were designed by Pat Lopez. I was familiar with her name because I've seen an ad for some hanging pots she designed for Freeman Lederman. I  posted about them here  in 2011.   She design...
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Weekend / Stuff

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The weekend pile from Downtown Modernism is always a great one. It's good to bring back some San Diego clay by the likes of Wayne Chapman and Marg Loring.  There's also a Ken Starbird, Ikebana and a Freeman Lederman bell (more on that soon). Another John Caruthers creature! Carl Auböck, Jack Boyd and other bronze things. Wood Some nice paper turned up as well! The Herman Miller catalog is a hard one to find.
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Weekend / Stuff

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  It was pretty slim on the picking front last weekend.  With Downtown Modernism this coming weekend, I'm sure I'll make up for it.  Weed Pot by Cliff Stewart. He was in some California Design exhibitions. Up until now, I've never really been that in love with his work. He did a good one here. Victor Bisharat. You can never have too many, right? A pretty wild Ikebana vase from Japan Also from Japan. The plinth is by the National Craft Council of Japan. 
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Mathematica / The Henry Ford Museum

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Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond at The Henry Ford Museum  in Dearborn Michigan. IBM was asked by the California Museum of Science and Industry to contribute a display to its new wing, which would open in 1961. IBM hired the Eames Office, who had already made a number of films for them.  Charles and Ray Eames were assisted by Gordon Ashby and John Neuhart; designers. Dr. John Redheffer; consultant. Parke Meek, Jeremy Lepard; film production. Displaymasters, Seale Design, and Remanco; construction.   UCLA’s Dr. Raymond Redheffer, was the math consultant who helped with the concepts. One of the best kept secrets in science is how unpompous scientists are at their science, and the amount of honest fun that for them is part of it. In doing an exhibition, as in Mathematica, one deliberately tries to let the fun out of the bag. The catch is that it can't be any old fun but it must be a very special brand. The excitement, or joke, must be a working part of th...
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