Two Porcelain Collectables
Anne sent me a photo of a highly decorated porcelain nut dish, signed “Wight.” Historically this came with at least four, possibly six, matching little nut dishes. Nuts at each …
Woodcut Tells Important Stories
TR sent me a huge German Expressionist type woodcut in the Medieval style. It tells two important stories in the Faust Play by Goethe. Bernd Kroeber (1942), a teacher of …
I Madonnari Chalk Festival
First Kathy Koury and Bryan Kerner from the Children’s Creative Project, and artist Ann Hefferman discuss the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival. Then Jack Friel talks about Jack’s Furniture …
The inro and the Japanese seal
Nina sent me a funny little box her parents acquired when they lived in Japan before World War II. Nina said people used it to carry medicine, but she’s only …
Wrought Iron Very Right
CG owns a pair of gorgeous tall, three-foot candelabras. She kept them for thirty years on her back porch on an old stone garden table in Santa Barbara. I saw …
Critical Writing About Art
Debra Herrick, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Lum Art Magazine; artist Nathan Hayden; and James Glisson, Curator of Contemporary Art at Santa Barbara Museum of Art discuss critical writing about art.
Tips for Making a Fireproof Inventory
The dry wind blew in my bedroom as the clock radio (yes I still have one of those) spoke to me this morning. The Santa Barbara County Fire department today …
Gypsy Pot: Brilliant Piece of Engineering
JF sent me a heavy cast iron gypsy pot for cooking, a saucepan, with a VERY long hollow handle. Black, with a slight curve to the inside of the vessel, …
On a Quest for Sanity During the Pandemic
Three visual artists, Elisa Ortega Montilla, Madeleine Eve Ignon, and Alex Lukas talk about how they found sanity during the pandemic.
Porcelain Dresser Box an Intimate Gift
Susanne sent me pictures of a lovely little porcelain dresser box with ormolu surrounding the lid joint. She inherited it from her German grandmother. Under the box we see a …