The Arm

2012-01-28T20:37:00.000-08:00

Probably a little late to the this party, but anyway.

Trio

2012-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

Volkous, Mason and Soldner on the roof at Otis, 1956.
via

Bleu

2012-01-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

Nice patch pocket herringbone blue French light working jacket. More of a shirt for the warmer studio days. Trouve sur ebay.

Betty Feves

2012-01-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

Betty Feves (1918- 1985), upcoming show at the Portland Museum of Contemporary Crafts. More awesome images HERE and HERE.

The Letting Out

2012-01-15T12:23:00.000-08:00

NMc busy in the kitchen with the sourdough bread making. My tailor is now on speed dial. See the process HERE

In Flight

2012-01-12T09:40:00.000-08:00

Keeping with the Ornithology vibe, KM monitors the Kestrel Falcon in Huntington Beach. Thanks! Related post HERE

2012-01-11T10:57:00.000-08:00

In house flying swallows, Flensted Mobiles HERE

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2012-01-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

More sticky fingers....Thanks TN

Secret Shop/ Update

2012-01-03T16:55:00.000-08:00

Secret shop update, now including the attached studio where NMc and I stayed for Xmas, complete with sliding interior bookshelves revealing the kitchen. Many choice woodworking books on the shelves. Previous Post HERE

Eva Zeisel 1906-2011

2012-01-02T14:25:00.000-08:00

New York Times article HERE

Earls Gone Fishing

2011-12-30T09:50:00.000-08:00

My Great Grandfather Earl's fishing poles, from somewhere around the 1920's. Story goes, grandpa Earl like to fish the San Diego area, Lake Cuyamaca, Julian, etc. Very long poles, now residing at TN/HQ.

Holiday Roundup

2011-12-29T20:51:00.000-08:00

Not exactly a winter wonderland...

Ojai Daze

2011-12-21T09:50:00.001-08:00

Wandering the Ojai Valley, enjoying the views from meditation mount, shelf road, Bart's Books, our Stoney cabin, and the most epic stag horn fern ever seen....

Cesaria Evora 1941-2011

2011-12-17T19:27:00.000-08:00

"The Barefoot Diva", more HERE

2011-12-16T10:14:00.000-08:00

Better description HERE, via South Willard

This Shimpo's not for Shrimpo's

2011-12-15T14:33:00.000-08:00

Seriously nerding out on the new hardcore Shimpo Slab Roller recently added to the studio. Double roller, dual height adjustment, dual clamped table tops and wagon wheel. Made in the USA.

"Once Upon a Time a Man Named Peter Voulkos"

2011-12-14T08:49:00.000-08:00

From the Clayton Bailey Papers, 1962. From the online Smithsonian Archive (click for larger image)

Meet Your Maker

2011-12-13T21:31:00.000-08:00

A veritable plethora of working types at the Meet Your Maker party at Gravel and Gold this friday 12/16 7pm.

Damn Good

2011-12-13T19:40:00.000-08:00

Recent entry into the " do we need to have a talk ?" category. Looking damn good gentleman...

Altadena Works HERE

2011-12-12T14:21:00.001-08:00

Bouquet Garni

2011-12-10T10:17:00.000-08:00

From the garden: sage, thyme, oregano, and lovage. Tie it with a string, and transform your soup.
Bouquet Garni.

A Better Choice

2011-12-09T08:59:00.000-08:00

Better than Herman Cain or Newt.

LB Rigs

2011-12-06T19:37:00.000-08:00

Tex's red LB/Mex rig described below, bringing a tear to the eye with the memories of mine.
Tex HERE

From TEX:
Still going . . . 1980 to 2010 I bought this Honda XL80 new in 1980 from a shop in Newport on 17th. I liked it because it was a 4 stroke, quiet, ran on regular gas, and had 4 speeds, and it couldn’t go much faster than I could handle if I had to jump off. Heck, bicycles in a peloton go at least 50 mph right? I mounted a box on the back for my dog Mac, added a skimboard cradle on the side, and foot pegs for an extra rider and voila, the urban transportation insurgency was ready to roll. Great gas savings, and heavenly lane splitting capability in those standstill canyon traffic jams are the rewards. These days, I live up on Arch Beach Heights and it really makes me feel better about a quick run into town for grinds or visiting my mom. The risks are there! Let me tell you. My dad, the doctor, darkly refered to them as Honda donors, as all the organs were in great shape after an accident, only the head was really damaged. I drive very carefully, and not very often. It fits in my van easily, and has made a trip to the tip of Baja and back, as my back up vehicle. And it is so entertaining. People I pass break out in big smiles as they see the big guy on the circus sized bike. Some day I will buy a big red nose to wear when I ride it. Laugh all you want, life is good and still going greener.

From The Arm:
Remembering my late High School through University ride today. Purchased for $200, permanently hot-wired under the seat, barely street legal, and just under 300 lbs. I rode my "Chachi" all over California, from Laguna to Humboldt and spots in between. After the kick start completely stripped, and without a key start, parking on a hill was a must, or holding onto a car for a jump. The worst was the flat run start. 1972 Honda Dual Sport.

Former post HERE

Toothy

2011-12-04T16:53:00.000-08:00

DK's ring inset with her daughters tooth (now 48). Only worn on Sundays.

Beyond Lady Cool

2011-12-03T09:33:00.000-08:00

The Seriously awesome Jane Birkin last night at the Regency Ballroom in support of her album, Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Via Japan, one of the best shows I have seen in a long time with the great Shuichiro of Double Famous on the horns! Coming to LA tomorrow Angeleno's. Thanks Shu!

J John Priola

2011-11-30T16:04:00.000-08:00

J John Priola "Philanthropy" opens Thursday Dec. 1st at Paula Anglim. More HERE

IOO

2011-11-28T19:12:00.000-08:00

NMc's IOO is back in action, not exactly a regular on the interwebs, but worth a look.... unless you are tech fasting...

Gentleman, To Bed

2011-11-27T09:05:00.000-08:00

not as good as Michael Caine, but still good

This is How Michael Caine Speaks

2011-11-21T08:31:00.001-08:00

Embryonic

2011-11-20T18:09:00.000-08:00

I have been a Flaming Lips devotee for years, but sort of burnt out there for awhile, so much so that Embryonic kinda passed me by, but this record is good, start to end. Fearless Freaks strike again!

Ricky Swallow

2011-11-18T09:33:00.000-08:00

Wizardry abounds at Marc Foxx, Los Angeles

Ricky Swallow
November 19- December 22 2011
Opens November 19

More HERE

Endless Studio

2011-11-17T17:54:00.000-08:00

Traversing the studio including the neighbors 200 year old redwood, the pillar of truth firing on it's side (aka mini McCracken), and first results of extrusion experiments.

Excursions

2011-11-16T18:49:00.000-08:00

Drifting into function...

Common Ground

2011-11-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975 (part of Pacific Standard Time)
more HERE

(throwing outside, I miss the Southern California climate)

2011-11-14T07:56:00.000-08:00

Alexandre Arrechea

2011-11-11T08:41:00.000-08:00

Lecture Tonight at SFAI 4:30 PM

Interdisciplinary artist Alexandre Arrechea was born in Cuba, and graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. He was a member of the art collective Los Carpinteros, until he left the group in 2003 to pursue his career as a solo artist. His work often deals with loss of privacy, fragility, memory, and the failure of control and power.

Arrechea has participated in numerous group exhibitions at such venues as the Museum of Art and Design, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Shanghai Art Museum, China; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; and Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany. He represents Cuba at the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011, and has also exhibited at the Havana Biennial 2009 and 2000; the 2005 Braziers International, Oxfordshire, England; the Venice Biennale 2005; the Liverpool Biennial 2004; the Shanghai Biennial 2002; and the Sao Paulo Biennial 2002. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; and Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, among others. Arrechea was recently selected to be the Spring 2013 public sculpture artist for the Park Avenue Mall Project. He lives and works in Spain.

Joe Frazier 1944-2011

2011-11-08T08:10:00.000-08:00

More HERE

Thanks

2011-11-06T09:20:00.000-08:00

NMc's saturday night dinner menu with unanimous applause for the best turkey ever.

Andy Rooney 1919-2011

2011-11-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

More HERE

Whole Earth Catalogue Revisited

2011-11-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

via Llyod Kahn

Handkercher

2011-11-02T17:06:00.000-07:00

Couple of Handkerchiefs delivered from Ebay.

2011-11-01T08:04:00.001-07:00

Geek Pumpkin

2011-10-31T08:27:00.000-07:00

via

2011-10-29T09:27:00.001-07:00

When Your Well Runs Dry

2011-10-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Pocket shots, mistakes and other questionable images from the library.

Pyrotechnics

2011-10-25T18:12:00.000-07:00

Fancy air camera work from Simi Valley. Looks like Dads been reading the manual.

Lagunitas

2011-10-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

Sunday in Lagunitas, resting place of Klause Kinski with the animals and obsessive compulsive woodpeckers (see tree for example).

Joe Font-ana

2011-10-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

Klaimco font tests

Lucio Fontana Plates

2011-10-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

H ♢

2011-10-19T16:00:00.000-07:00

Custom interlocking die for upcoming clay extrusion projects (new hardcore extruder arriving in the studio soon). Fabricated by Bob McGee's Machine Shop in Berkeley.

ABX

2011-10-15T10:30:00.000-07:00

Sartorial stylings out of Japan with Tsuyoshi Nimura and Cabane de Zucca with sculpture from one-eight hundred at Play Mountain. Thanks Tsuyoshi and PM crew! Funky pants.....

Going

2011-10-13T18:46:00.000-07:00

Just a few of the hundreds of items from court ordered liquidation through West Auctions. Related business/ going out of business/ or staying put with your business HERE

OddBall Films and the San Francisco Media Archive

2011-10-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

One of the best and most interesting places in San Francisco. Support this place! HERE and HERE

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2011-10-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

3 small vintage french clay marbles from the Alameda flea

Kitchen Drunkard

2011-10-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

Waist apron from Kagoshima Japan advertising the local libation made from Yams. Thanks Shin!

Of Plates and Platters

2011-10-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

In house misc. plates and platters, including large stoneware dripper from NMc's LBCF past, 15" blue Heath machine from sundays Alameda Flea, small and smaller chippers from Mashiko Japan, and vintage Arm from 1998.

All In the Neighborhood

2011-10-05T09:47:00.000-07:00

New in house Amy Ellingson painting on the neighborhood trade. Thanks Amy! More HERE
Inverse Study #10
Oil and encaustic on panel
16" x 12"

Day and Night

2011-10-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

Flea Market dawn patrol photo of the Alameda sky and MC's harvest moon shot with his fancy new camera.

New Raku

2011-10-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

Hardcore Raku bowl picked up at the Alameda Flea yesterday, from Japan. Very lightweight and slightly bubbling glaze. Other Arm Raku posts HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE (might need a new tag)

2011-10-01T15:24:00.000-07:00

2011-09-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

Clipped from Nile Nash over at G & G. This is not trick film work, just a strange mix of dubsteb, the robot and mime action.

2011-09-29T08:13:00.000-07:00

AAADD

2011-09-29T08:05:00.001-07:00

thanks Nat

Scanners

2011-09-24T09:30:00.000-07:00

Scanners is a month-long used bookstore project that highlights the book as a physical object in an increasingly dematerialized world.

Runs through the month of October in San Francisco

Scanner Project HERE

2011-09-23T09:58:00.000-07:00

New Natch

2011-09-21T16:39:00.000-07:00

New Natural Vessel suite for Partners and Spade consisting of some new directions including half and halfs and inlayed lines using a technique similar to that of mishima. I also tweeked the firing a little making this group hard as stone.

WTW

2011-09-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

Vintage Carter's Watch the Wear apron out of Lebanon New Hampshire, courtesy of the bay. Fact of the day- my art school room mate is/was from Lebenon- Hey J.Y!

Anchors Away

2011-09-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

tasty seasonal from Anchor...

HUMMING is an ancient term, used centuries ago to describe both ales and beers. Although its origins are shrouded in mystery, it suits this bold hoppy ale, which we have created to celebrate the anniversary of our first brew at 1705 Mariposa Street. From that very day we were humming!

In 1965, we dedicated ourselves to reviving the nearly bankrupt, almost medieval little San Francisco brewery on 8th Street. By 1977, Anchor's small staff was making five unique beers in its tiny state-of-the-art facility. We purchased an old coffee-roasting plant on Mariposa, overseeing its gradual transformation into our "new" brewery. Finally, on August 13, 1979, our move was complete, we fired up the brewkettle, and Anchor Steam® had a new home—its sixth since 1896.

Hey Mr. Covert, has this made it down to the southland? The Arm recommends....

still not as good as the Great White, but getting there

클레이의 시를

2011-09-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

Sept 16- Jan 8, 2012, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

More HERE

Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful

2011-09-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

"Keiko Fukuda is the highest ranking woman in the history of judo. She is the last living student who connects back to judo founder, Jigoro Kano. Fukuda will be 98 on April 12, 2011 and is an amazing inspiration to all."

Sensei Keiko Fukuda still teaches at the dojo she founded at the corner of Castro and 26th St in Noe Valley. Her motto: "Be gentle, kind, and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically."

Ron Nagle "Hamilltoe"

2011-09-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

Opens tonight at Rena Bransten Gallery, which coincides with a new album entitled "She Lies" and a monograph, "Nagle, Ron".

George Kuchar 1942-2011

2011-09-07T20:16:00.000-07:00

more HERE

TD/TN

2011-09-07T13:20:00.000-07:00

New in house vintage Japanese Tie Dye pillows courtesy of TN.

Labor Daze

2011-09-04T13:33:00.000-07:00

Labor daze around the house, including NMc in the tree, new wheel thrown lamp, kitchen views, studio seconds shelf, NMc's mini spoon collection and her hot canned peppers (too hot), and the U.S Open. Enjoy the day off....

Dirk Van Saene

2011-09-02T11:43:00.000-07:00

Fashion designer Dirk Van Saenes ceramic collection tonight at The Yellow Building, Minnesota at 22nd street. More Van Saene HERE

Jackson Pollock

2011-09-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

Ceramic bookends by Jackson Pollock from 1929. More HERE

D.I interiors

2011-08-31T17:24:00.000-07:00

Interiors of David Irelands 500 Capp Street. Oral History HERE

＝＝＝＝＝

2011-08-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

New seat cushions for our chairs around the table. Made from vintage grain sacks (farm core?). These chairs (and the table) have been in the family for years and were originally caned. Look a little similar to these folks....

The Matchup

2011-08-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Little League World Series Championship game today, Huntington Beach vs. Japan. Should be some good baseball.

Chore Boy

2011-08-26T13:37:00.000-07:00

Powr House jacket from Montgomery Ward picked up from the Rose Bowl. Everything is in good order except for the removal of the top front pockets. Nicely worked in, soft with good stitching. I had two new pockets added to the interior with Boro scraps from Tricot and ghosted the exterior pockets in remembrance. Should be good for the colder wood shed days...

A Joke

2011-08-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

As told today by Jack Fulton, Chair of Photography SFAI

A guy sits in his house one day, when he hears a knock at his front door. When he opens the door he sees a small snail at his feet.
The man picks it up, looks at it for a second, throws it across the street and closes his door.
A year goes by and the man goes about his normal business, when one day now a year and a half later, he hears a knock at his front door.
when he opens the door he sees the snail who says
"what did you do that for?"

thanks Jack

GBV

2011-08-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

It's all about the leg kick....

Closet Cruising

2011-08-19T17:27:00.000-07:00

Cruising the closets of TN HQ, with a few shots from recent finds at the Rose Bowl.

Laguna Etc.

2011-08-18T09:57:00.000-07:00

A few days around SoLag

Midnight in Paris

2011-08-17T09:18:00.000-07:00

Stein, Dali, the mistress, the Fitzgeralds and Hemmingway

2011-08-15T11:45:00.001-07:00

Me Too

2011-08-15T11:35:00.000-07:00

DK/SW

2011-08-10T09:20:00.000-07:00

Shop Exhibit #3
David Korty
“New Ceramics”
August 10 – September 10, 2011
digging the shop exhibits

South Willard!!! HERE

Stonexus

2011-08-09T08:55:00.000-07:00

Stonexus Magazine, articles available online HERE

Flowering

2011-08-08T09:44:00.000-07:00

Summer garden in full swing with more flowers this year, and letting it go a little wild.

The Assistants

2011-08-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

A few painting assistants from around the way, including HERE and HERE

Manongs, Some Doors and a Bouquet of Crates

2011-08-05T09:41:00.000-07:00

Carlos Villa, Opens August 17 at the Mission Cultural Center. More HERE

Shark Week

2011-08-05T08:43:00.000-07:00

The Kale

2011-08-03T20:27:00.000-07:00

Summer garden Kale Bouquet

Double G

2011-08-01T19:49:00.000-07:00

Hand embroidered blanket made by my Great Grandmother now in safe keeping at Tricot HQ.

????

2011-07-27T15:58:00.000-07:00

Amazing cast(?) dandelion object presented as a gift from Play Mountain during the opening in Tokyo. I've been mesmerized by it since. Anyone know how it's done? Freeze dried? Wishful thinking?

Benchy

2011-07-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

One of the completed benches from SFAI

2011-07-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

True Story

d.R

2011-07-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Street Find-SF

Textiling

2011-07-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

A few of the textiles making their way home with us from Japan, including two sided finished boro blanket, placemats from Claska "do", NMc's vintage tie dyed Yukata, continued sock addiction from Kyoto's Kapital, and hand dyed indigo from Mashiko.