Esoteric Survey

The second Heath Ceramics Good Flea  was so much fun. Once again, Heath Clay Studio Director Tung Chiang selected about 15 dealers from around the world to participate. Last year was incredible and this year was even better. The Heath team, fellow vendors and customers were all such a pleasure to work with.  The Heath Pass the Plate booth had a line out of the building for most of the market.  Shin, Naohiro, and Masaki came from Japan to sell. Shin's table He also had an Eames film. Gallery Stoop / Naohiro with Noguchi and early Yanagi cups. Now Official / Masaki brought Mingei ceramics. Tung was swarmed by his fans. He had a beautiful display of Finnish pieces and flatware. Speaking of flatware...   Dung , the flatware king of New York, and globetrotter was set up with souvenirs he picked up on his travels. Dung was really working his California visit. He merchandised with citrus and even had the sun working for him. Everyone ate it up.  Carl/ O...

  The nice people at Heath Ceramics are hosting The Good Flea again, June 27-28. There will be dealers from Tokyo, Mexico City, New York, Eugene, Palm Springs and they're even letting a guy from San Diego set up.  More details below and  here . Check out last year, here . Meet the Collectors Heath Ceramics Pass the Plate Tung Chiang The Long Game (Catherine Bailey) Books of Interest Dung Ngo Farnsworth Modern Galeria Cordoba Lauren Frost Vintage Lisa Cliff modernand objects Modern Problem + Joe Meade Objects NOW Oak Street Vintage Offshore Sounds Renee Zellweger Shinichiro Nakahara Esoteric Survey stoop Gallery

 

  Unknown ceramic sculpture and C. Carl Jennings Roy McMakin for Heath Ceramics (2003). I bought this at the Heath Market. Apparently it never went into production. It was part of the inventory when current owners Cathy and Robin purchased Heath Ceramics. Sori Yanagi  I guess I can't stop buying things from Japan

 Heath Ceramic's Good Flea was a lot of fun. This was the first vintage market they hosted and what a great group of vendors it was. Heath Clay Studio Director Tung Chiang selected 15 dealers from around the world to participate. It was held in their tile factory in San Francisco. As you can see here, the shoppers showed up for it. Heath was not only an exceptional host but they also participated as a vendor with a great selection of vintage Heath. It's part of their Pass the Plate initiative. Tung had a space too. He was selling some of his treasures from Finland. Takahiro Goko / Swimsuit Department from Japan!   In addition to folk craft, he had a Sori Yanagi can opener. Shinichiro Nakahara  also had some incredible pieces from Japan. Shin also had this Paul Rand catalog and spoon by David Tisdale.   Cordoba Gallery from Mexico City Cordoba had a great collection of items including Nakashima and pieces from Mexico. I've been a longtime fan of Oak Street Vintage ...