Sleuthing Out Si Non Est Satis Mementot Paupertatis
HT sent me a large 18 inch charger in a style of glaze called faience. We see the motto ‘Si non est satis mementot paupertatis’ emblazoned on it. This translates …
21st Annual Ojai Film Festival
Filmmakers Matthew Shimmel, John Sasser, and Michael Love talk about their films in the virtual Ojai Film Festival (November 6-15). Also on this show we hear sculptor Christopher Slatoff, featured …
Silver Overlay, a Political Issue?
TS owns a cocktail bottle collection and sent photos of two silver overlay on glass decanter bottles. One features a heavy design of thistles, referencing Scotland The other features a …
Patrick McGinnis: Photographer, Sculptor, Engineer
Patrick McGinnis talks about his exhibit, Vanishing Behemoths of Industry, on display at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara Gallery, November 7-December 10.
For the Love of Hollywood Regency
A pair of lamps I appraised at a Road Show in Pennsylvania made me think of Dorothy Draper and Billy Haines. In their hey-day, the mid 1930s through the 1940s, …
NatureTrack Film Festival Part 2
Two filmmakers, John Dutton and Jeffrey McLoughlin, and two featured artists, John Iwerks and Chris Chapman, talk about their NatureTrack Film Festival documentaries before and after the Pandemic.
Chew on this Silver Baby Rattle
SM sent me a simple little silver item with three bells on the bottom, and a whistle at the top, about four inches long, slightly chewed on. He asked, “what …
Pandemic Lessons About Objects
The adrenaline rush of a short-term disaster, such as the Thomas fire, is the kind of crisis we have trained for. But we haven’t trained for THIS Pandemic disaster. In …
Oak Dresser FREE or NO?
SS sent me a turn of the last century Golden Oak dresser, in Quarter Sawn Oak, with a serpentine front. It looks like a dresser but the drawers hardly slide …
NatureTrack Film Festival
NatureTrack Film Festival Co-Directors Sue Eisaguirre and Holly Cline, and filmmakers John Mastriano and Oliver Goetzl, talk about hos how the festival pivoted to a virtual event in light of …