Esoteric Survey

Isamu Kenmochi stacking stools


Irving Harper dishes (1952-1955) for George Nelson and Associates


Playing tea again
Paul Volckening ceramics and a lamp
Ceramics by Tony Hill and Wilma James. I'll do a full post about this later. 
Panelcarve sun Perfect for a rainy weekend  

Candelabrum by Bruce Hill for Peter Pepper Products More here and here.
As seen in California Designed (1955) with Malcolm Leland
Prescolite lighter
Big Soleri bell
Ken Starbird
Braun Domino lighter set by Dieter Rams and clam shell ashtray by Alan Fletcher. The 15 year ago me would have been very excited about this plastic stuff.

Southern California Edison building in Long Beach, CA I thought the building had an Edward Killingsworth look to it, but Nate Cole from Unique California Property sent out the KBS bat signal and confirmed that it was not a Killingsworth, Brady, Smith and Associates project. Although, in 1970 KBS did design a building in Huntington Beach for Southern California Edison that was never built. I'm guessing this building came about a couple years before that. 
Those are Interpace tiles. This particlular pattern was designed by Harrison McIntosh. I'd like to thank the American Museum of Ceramic Art for confirming that. 


I took the image above at the Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California exhibition at theAmerican Museum of Ceramic Art.  In 1962, Gladding, McBean & Company merged with Lock Joint Pipe Company, forming International Pipe and Ceramics Corporation, or Interpace. Millard Sheets was hired as a consultant to Interpace in 1963. Big names in ceramics, like Harrison Mc…

James Lovera, Tom McMillin, Evelyn Ackerman, Architectural Fiberglass/Architectural Pottery by John Follis
The James Lovera is such a good one!
Eames CTW

Luther Conover dowel leg table and a Barba Corsini iron table designed in 1955 for a space within Gaudi's Pedrera building. 
Paul Volckening
Warren Mackenzie, Dansk, wood

#WeedPotWednesday broke 200 today Antonio Prieto via farnsworthmodern
Here are some really good ones...
Super sick Doyle Lane via rewirela
Early (1946) Harrison McIntosh via andrewmromano
Rose & Erni Cabat via cebthree Nice pairing with Maxwell Yellen 
Another nice grouping via gonkedglookedslurped
A rock form via themodernera
I'm a sucker for rock pots. This one, viarosecitymodern
I was showing off with all my Wayne Chapman pots.
Heath studio joined in too.  Great one Tung!

The Journal of the American Art Pottery Association Rose Cabat is the cover girl on the new issue of the bi-monthly journal distributed to members of the American Art Pottery Association. It also includes a great article on Doyle Lane, so I'm deeming this the weed pot issue.  Cabat turned 100 on June 27th! Celebrating 100 Years: Rose Cabat by Bruce Block
The Incomparable Doyle Lane by Linda and James Haggerty

The publication is only available to members of the American Art Pottery Association.New members get all the back issues for the entire year, so it's a good deal to sign up. As an alternative, it will be available on the back issues section of the AAPA website in a few months.Update: You can email Linda at the AAPA to get a copy now: Lindalscarrigan@aol.com
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#WeedPotWednesday  is blowing up on Instagram!  Well, not really, but there have been some good ones, like this beautiful Otto Heino Via cebthree
Sweet blue form Via themodernera
No weed pot Wednesday would be complete without Doyle Lane Via timowero
Purple Patrick Kennedy Via alamodern_
The stylized set up Via gonkedglookedslurped
Glass weed pot by James Wayne Via moderncactus
Doug Ayers wood weed pots Via Ayers vase addict ayersfan
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