Ready for the House: March 2010

3/31/10

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Navajo silver bracelets, hers/his-from the silver man. First = trading post die cut & punched with beautiful wonkiness and turquoise setting 1930's/40's, the second is hand beaten and hand punched with more crude tools/result, whirling logs on cuff 1910-20. Thanks PA desert rat for the push on these!

*see Indian Summer Vintage for more Navajo silver work/words-here.

3/29/10

Gang Of Four

Beach family lineup-hitting the trails at Point Reyes (Bloggers Retreat).

Altadena Works/Kanken/Vintage Jansport/Vintage LL Bean back.

More Kanken & Elk here.

3/27/10

Drinking At Home

Ye olde Blatz can found by our electrician Paul between the walls-Milwaukee's Finest!-could be as old as the house itself (1924).

3/26/10

Double Bird

Hand formed polychome pottery plate, Zuni, 1930's-note asymmetrical storm patter in wings, found at Rose Bowl this month.

Canyon Connection

Back in the world of interweb access, more regular posting soon-living out of range was fun while it lasted.

3/16/10

Bowl Folk

3/15/10

Word Up Limeys!

:-) (!)

3/13/10

Acoma 3

Acoma polychomed pottery, New Mexico, mid century, initialed M.S.V at base-from fleaBay. In house relatives here.

Dog's Life LA

Dog, Color Matched Stucco, Balcony, Wind Chime.

3/9/10

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Navajo rug, hand spun and natural dyed yarn, trading post cotton warp and a flock of lazy lines & repairs. A beautiful beater-it's been around a while, from PCC last weekend. In house relatives.

3/8/10

Palette Plates

Set of four studio pottery plates, part of a larger group of ceramics from a Claremont estate, these have no date but the other pieces were mid to late 1960's. Color & crackle glaze over grey body stoneware (imprinted seal on base), thrown and trimmed well-they have a satisfying weight to them. From PCC yesterday.

3/6/10

PCC Tomorrow

Stragglers from the last few PCC runs. Hand woven blanket, coarse wool in two halves sewn together, a puzzler-eye dazzler maybe South American, the colors are beautiful/1940's steel weathervane/Awesome welded fire log loop/Zuni black ceramic animal fetish, bear. I can't stand the rain.

Bill

Max Bill ceramic kitchen clock w/ timer designed for Junghans 1957. I saw a bunch of these at the flea market in Vienna a few years back, and regretted not jumping- this one color codes into the Canyon kitchen, looted from fleaBay.