Esoteric Survey

James Lovera birdhouse and Jens Quistgaard Rare Woods tray  Harrison McIntosh tile top table.  More about these Interpace Tiles here . Sven Petersen kinetic tabletop sculpture  

  James Lovera is underrated. This pot is perfectly thrown. Alice Kagawa Parrott A must have craft geek reference. Additions to my vintage photo / furniture collection.

Robert Swanson candelabra and Alvar Aalto stools Robert Swanson designed the candelabra  to compliment the Saarinen-Swanson Group.  The line, designed in collaboration with his wife Pipsan, included furniture, textiles, lamps, glassware and ceramics.  Source: House & Garden, July 1947 Robert F. Swanson, Pipsan and her father Eliel Saarinen, Marianne Strengell, Benjamin Baldwin, Charles Dusenbury, and ceramicist Lydia K Winston all collaborated on the Saarinen Swanson Group. Source: House & Garden, July 1947 The interesting thing is that mine is iron, possibly to compliment the Sol-Air group by Pipsan and Robert.   More about the candelabra: MIA & Cranbrook Also, according to the original owner, it was purchased at VKG. I was so happy to get this. Now I need to figure out what it went to. James Lovera and Harry Handler (see more here ) A great ikebana container, Robert C Fritz, James Lovera and Ted Saito Howard Miller clock, Heath ladle, Gustavsberg ...

James Lovera Clifford Pascoe

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

The Pasadena Convention Center was happening last weekend. The Los Angeles Pottery show and the California International Antiquarian Book Fair, all in one place. That's right, VIP at the book fair. This booth was the show stopper...McIntosh, Pond Farm, Prieto, Natzler, Beato, Conover, Lukens... Stacks of Harrison McIntosh pots.  They were all good ones too.  This was one of the two tables full of Claude Conover Glen Lukens Natzlers on the top and James Lovera on the bottom There was some nice ephemera with this Lovera- it's a winner.  There were some great pots at other booths too, like this big Clyde Burt. I'm not usually a Pillin fan, but this set of mini ones were kinda cool. Peter Voulkos The book fair had some great things as well. Although, the amount of design related books was on the light side, the people watching made up for it. Apparently, book prints are the hot item to wear in this circle. I saw de...