Esoteric Survey

Lots of pots this weekend, including Doug Ayers and Susan Harnly Peterson. I found these two together.  During the 1950's and 60's    at UCLA , Bernard Kester (right) studied and worked under Laura Andreson  (left).  They have the same clay body too. They need to stay together. Myrton Purkiss and an enamel by Studio Del Campo

Japanese lamp Eames, Alexander Girard, Herman Miller Clay, including Myrton Purkiss and Amy Donaldson

Smalls.  It's still fun to find bubbles.  Mryton Purkiss bowl  Perfect for guacamole. Chips included. 

Stan Bitters (complete with Hans Sumpf catalog) and Raul Coronel Painting by Myrton Purkiss Early 1960s linocut printed posters from two shows with Dora de Larios, Susan Peterson and Ynez Johnston Ray Eames, French Eames Mathematica Disk from the  Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry in the Exposition Park (now the California Science Center) Pepe Mendoza Smalls, including a Harrison McIntosh glass vase.

Myrton Purkiss More about Purkiss- here and here . I like the Kokeshi dolls without faces. Meet Wenge

The new  Myrton Purkiss show at   The Landing in  Reform  i s up.   If you don't know Purkiss there's a little background on him  here . This has got to be the largest showing of work by Purkiss since the 1950s.   Gerard has been  squirreling this stuff away for a very long time.  Myrton didn't just do plates. This is the one from the 1952 exhibition,  6000 Years Art in Clay .  There's some great ephemera on view as well.  Peter Loughrey   from LAMA came by to check out the Purkiss exhibition too. After a conversation about Myrton's career change from ceramics to landscape architecture, Peter pointed out how  the plate below looks exactly like a landscape plan.   Myrton Purkiss: Paintings on Clay, 1930 - 1960 The Landing at  Reform On Display: February 7th - March 28th

Myrton Purkiss: Paintings on Clay, 1930 - 1960 The Landing at  Reform Opening Reception: Thursday, February 7th, 6 - 9 pm On Display: February 7th - March 28th For the second show at The Landing, Gerard O'Brien is reaching into his private stash of  ceramics by Myrton Purkiss. Originally from Canada, Purkiss ended up calling Fullerton, California home. He studied under Glen Lukens at Fullerton High School  and at USC.  He was drafted into the allied forces in WWII and served as a cartographer in Europe where he extended his interest in ceramics  by visiting potters in England and France. As a 29 year-old veteran, Purkiss returned to Fullerton and opened a small ceramics  shop in his backyard.   Mryton's form of choice was the hand-painted plate.  That form was transformed into a clay painting with an addition  of a looped wire on the back after a woman  commented that his plates were too nice to use. ...

This weekend was the Los Angles Pottery Show A bulk of the show is this kind of pottery. Besides maybe some Catalina tile I can't tell you what any of this stuff is. I can tell you this is a mammoth Raul Coronel. This was in my friend Michael Hickman's booth. He is one of the four or so dealers  at the show who specializes in modern studio ceramics.  He also throws a good pot himself. I wish I would have taken a photo of one of his pieces.   He also had this really cool Michael Frimkess piece. A monster Frank Matranga lamp, also at Hickman's booth. Frank had a booth at the show with his newer work.  A really good Myrton Purkiss plate Who knew Harrison McIntosh did glass? A very limited number were done by Mikasa for a fundraiser. I knew about the dishes for Mikasa, but glass?  Those lines are classic McIntosh. It's  hand-signed . Marg Loring lamp. I really like that.  ...