Silver-plated biplane bound for pilot’s collection
BI sends me a little silverplated model of an early 20th century bi-plane. She asked if it’s worth keeping and polishing? I love all things aeronautic, since my brother won …
Award-Winning Author Mack W Borgen
Interview with Mack W Borgen, award-winning author of Dead Serious and Lighthearted Volume II.
Papua New Guinea Mask
E.E. sends me a huge Oceanic tribal mask from Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River area. This would scare anyone with its awesome energy. E.E. tells me her husband won’t have …
American Indian baskets hold valuable history
J.E. has three American Indian baskets, one at 13″ diameters, the other at 7″, and the smallest at 4″. Her family passed these down from her great uncle, who was …
“Summer Nocturne: Works on Paper from the 1970s”
A visit from Julie Joyce, Curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, who discusses the current exhibit, “Summer Nocturne: Works on Paper from the 1970s”, with two of the …
En Grisaille Tea Caddy
SJ sends me photos of a lovely little architecturally scalloped wooden tea caddy, picturing a monochromatic scene of lovers. This is a technique called “en grisaille,” painted with black, white …
A Saucy Paper Collectible
PS sends me an old theater program from Treasure Island’s California Auditorium of 1940: Clifford C. Fischer’s Folies Bergere, showing a gorgeous “doll” with a strategically placed feather boa, pearls, …
Fine Art Conservation Labs & Museum Of Natural History.
First, and interview with Scott M. Haskins, Director of the Fine Art Conservation Labs. Then Luke J. Swetland and Caroline Grange join us from the Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural …
Wall Mounted Clothes Dryer
C.B. sends me a photo of what appears to be a contemporary wall-mounted wooden sculpture. A further look shows its title is “Leader Clothes Dryer Pat’d July 4, 1899, GEM …
The ultimate back scratcher
My friends at the Unity Shoppe asked me to identify an odd-looking stick thing with a head like a padded cloud (called a plaquette), with a long hardwood handle in …