COFFEE CONVERSATIONS
Form, Function and Herding Cats
“I’m definitely addicted to big,” Dan Reeves confesses. I’ve seen the fruits of his penchant first-hand. I met Dan in 2017 when I discovered The Journey Project, an amazing large-scale sculpture that made appearances around San Diego and beyond before ending up at...
Revolting Recipes
Revoltingly Decorative!
Revoltingly Decorative! this month’s recipe:Banana Candles ▶Tuna Christmas Tree ▶Hellmann’s Frosty Slaw Man Salad ▶Oscar Mayer Holiday Hostess Tree ▶Cranberry Candles ▶ by Tracy Cornish This issue we set ourselves the challenge of finding not only revolting...
Tidbits
Mies, Breuer & Stam
The Contentious History of the Cantilever Chair?This issue we were going to do a pretty straight forward overview of the life and works of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe beginning with how he got his start as an apprentice stonemason at his father’s business, then furniture...
Jack’s Pro Tips
Truly Atomic:
The Radioactivity of California Colored Pottery We have had some lovely Bauer and Fiestaware pieces in store recently and while researching their history we stumbled across a few articles about the radioactivity of vintage dinnerware. Most of us are familiar with the...