Esoteric Survey

Alice Kagawa Parrot, Earthgender and Dora De Larios Alice Kagawa, Pre-Parrott  Some pots from when she was at Cranbrook studying under Maija Grotell  Dora and her birds Metal 1930s Deco

Harrison McIntosh, Dora De Larios, Tom Tramel and Rupert Deesse  Jack Boyd Design Line jacks and smalls Jens Quistgaard

 Arthur Umanoff for Shaver-Howard, with original paint.  Cream and tangerine Dora De Larios wall sculpture from the mid-1960s. Isabel Parks Signed by Edward Killingsworth

Back at my favorite vista point on the way back from the Bay Area.  This time with a Robert Hanley for Modern Color Inc. floor vase. La Gardo Tackett Stan Bitters stool, Dean Santner jewelry boxes and a ceramic puzzle sculpture that opens up like a Russian doll. Victor Bisharat, Stan Hawk, Dora De Larios, Harrison McIntosh Irving Harper tray and some Euro stuff. Harvey Probber desk set and Carl Aubock Summerset Lounger

  Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay at AMOCA , celebrating 44 artists who have defined—and redefined—ceramics over the past 100 years. Many of the Golden State’s most innovative and impactful ceramic artists in the 20th and 21st centuries are women who faced adversity due to gender inequality and were often ignored or overlooked in favor of their male counterparts. These incredibly determined women pushed forward, driven by creativity and tenacity. The exhibition is co-curated by Beth Ann Gerstein (Executive Director), Jo Lauria (Adjunct Curator), and Edith Garcia (Professor, California College of the Arts and University of California, Berkeley). The exhibition is arranged chronologically, with the first group named "breaking ground." This includes Vivika Heino. A pretty great Heino. Heino glaze tests. I love this. Marguerite Wildenhain Wildenhain's production porcelain airplane cup from her Bauhaus days. Laura Andreson Another Andreson piece. Ruth Rippon Elaine K...