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Crow Island School (1939-40)

Architects: Larry Perkins and Eero Saarinen
Winnetka, IL

Eero's first wife, Lily Swann Saarinen was commissioned to create 23 glazed ceramic sculptures that were incorporated into the interior and exterior walls of the school. Made by Maija Grotell's Cranbrook studio in Michigan.

*photo's and text Via Chicago Geek's Flickr

David Burton

Rob Tufnell is showing a group of David Burton's drawings at NADA N.Y~info

David Burton gets wild on the pavements of London, 1945~here


very good then sir!

 4 sides of whittled Popeye-thanks again Andy... good point!

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Another woody from LBC flea last week-paint job is Arp-core on this one.

~more by the same hand (scroll) here.

Mixed Wizard

Two things snagging my mind from the weekend...the Navajo pin display on shrimpo jacket is a good sculpture~the Northwest Coast folk-core leather cap is high wizard gear...I'm almost there but the point to the hat is a sticking point (but it does have a salmon swimming through a portal split over two panels).

*top image from the Golden California Antique Show (amazing!) image gallery here.

~bottom image Rose Bowl.

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Depressingly Wizardy old Memory Jug from shebay.

*One I should have got way back then.

**Mike Kelly giving it a run for it's money here.

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Individual shots of said boats.

*John you gotta dust off those wood working tools.

Box/Boats

Handmade family of wooden/painted boats with carry case from PCC this week. This is one of my favorite all time finds, so much love has gone into these things-the perfect balance of rudimentary craft/woodworking, practicality and personal project pride (PPP). The way everything is accommodated in the case-held in by canvas covered blocks and the way all the colors and construction of the boats compliment each other has been driving me a little nuts-something kinda Calder/Bauhaus/H.C Westerman about this thing.

*In house relatives here.

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Whittled bird found in the Northwoods WI- I'm drawn to pieces which use minimal descriptive information in the act of whittling to achieve the desired form...it could also be the measure of ones attention span or rudimentary skill~but this bird is singing O<.

In house relatives here...here and here.

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Navajo sterling/turquoise Bic lighter case, 1970's-80's with Hopi Kachina doll figure, signed on base~ this thing is nuts in a Folkjokeopus kinda way, so carefully put together- in house relatives here and here.

Wizardy candlestick made from three bent & welded cattle brands, an oldee'...I love this thing for it's sculptural form and intersections, giving me the early David Smith's.

*You have to be careful with this kind of shit, and I try to be, try to reign myself in before I start being that guy who has old wooden farm implements hanging from the walls, curtains made from grain sacks and Gone Fishin' signs in the lou...but a little farm-core is ok.

Hand painted bowl, Mexico (Oaxoca?), mid century...in house relatives (and favorites) here.

~all found this morning on the way to the chicken farm.

R.W.S +

More Schaap's~Shore bird, confidence decoy, both carved pine circa 1970, again the economy/abbreviation of markings is so great on these guys....from LBC on Sunday.

more here, and here.

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Mysterious hand made card game 'caller'/spinner-seems they'd practiced on the back in a more inneresting palette-hand delivered from the land of the rings-thanks Barrs!

R.W.S

Hand carved and painted Loon decoy with fish by R.W Schaap, 1960's-70's from the bowl today...I love the painting system/ritual on this one.....In house relative (same hand) here.

*Thanks Ryan for the push on this one.

**Thanks Paul+Wendy for Loon identification (my wife says I'm a Goon for not catching that)

Decoy

Hand carved and painted shore bird decoy from the Rose Bowl this month, 1960's, a bunch I'm keeping my eye on by the one carver. In house relative here.