US Patent 1533300 (1920-1925) Description R. BAKER METHOD OF MAKING DECORATIVE ARTICLES Filed Nov. 12, 1920 April 14, 192s. 1,533,300 l WITNESSES: INVENTOR 1/7 WWW-W i9 galplz flake!“ ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 14, 1925 UNITED y 1,53 ATENT ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. \ METHOD OF MAKING DECORATIVE ARTICLES. Application filed November 12, 1920. Serial No.…
When I was a kid my father seemed to have a fascination with human evolution and ancient peoples. I remember he read Donald Johanson’s book “Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind” and excitedly talked about it each night at the dinner table for several nights in a row. We took several trips to the Southwestern US to visit Ancestral Pueblan sites, like Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelly, etc. We was a…
One time in grad school I was sitting in on a review/critique of work in the sculpture department. We were reviewing an installation that was situated in the sunroom of a private dwelling space on campus. The installation was made so that what appeared to be sections of the wood floor had been raised into the space upon curved steel rods/supports. In undergrad I had studied both art and…
Earlier this week marked 19 years of vegetarianism for me. The last meal in which I intentionally ate meat was at a small Mexican restaurant in Peoria, Illinois in 2002. I was with my friends Dustin and Vanessa. We had driven from Tulsa, Oklahoma (our hometown) to Milwaukee to see a bunch of hard air and screams bands play at “level plane fest”. Level Plane Records was perhaps my favorite record…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by elaine shen (@elaineshenstudio) Today I had a great final mentors hip meeting with Elaine Shen, ( https://www.elaineshenstudio.com/ ) who is one of the current artists in residence at the Textile Arts Center. I was asked to participate as a mentor in the program and was paired with Elaine as she has been developing a multi-facets practice that includes…
Not a lot of thoughts to share today. Was kind of a rough day. I made a simple dinner for Tomoe and I. Gnocchi, sautéed radishes, toast. The black and white bowl was made by our friend Debbie Carlos and we love it. The other large bowl was made by our friend Helen Levi and we love it, too. So wonderful to live with things made by friends.
