October 28th, 2009

Charley Harper: An illustrated life

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A good friend of mine suggested me to post Charley Harper. Luckily enough I own this amazing book which has chronicles of his artwork. Charley Harper was most known for his highly stylized rendition of animals. His work was spread across the medium of illustrations, prints, and posters. The book above is called “Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life”. Each page of this book is so amazing, you can almost cut them out and actually frame them. Thanks for the idea Angela!

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When this book was published, Charley Harper and Todd Oldham were scheduled to visit my school for a lecture. Charley Harper unfortunately passed away briefly before the scheduled date. Todd Oldham still made it with many copies of books signed by Charley Harper. I regret not getting a signed copy of the book.

You can still buy it from here: Amazon

October 27th, 2009

Fire King Jadeite Collections

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I’ve been collecting these beautiful Jadeite colored pieces for years. They are the most well-known and collected glass ware from Fire King that is a line from the Anchor Hocking Glass Company. They produced the pressed oven glass from the early 1940′s through the 1970′s. The picture above are lotus leaf bowl plates.

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I use the Eames two tier shelf to display them, but because I have lots of Pyrex dishware as well, there aren’t any room left to get the other Fire Kings that I haven’t collected yet.

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Jadeite table wares were often used at restaurants in the 1940′s to the 1960′s because of its durable materials . I’ve been using their restaurant mugs almost everyday. The Chili bowls are great for eating cereal, Jane Ray’s tea cup and saucers are a good accent on the table, and the Charm’s berry bowls are perfect for ice cream!

more story about Fire King: Collectible Glassware: Anchor Hocking Fire King

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