Fine Crafts Showcase coming in late January!

If you love the Arts & Crafts movement and/or the Mingei Museum's "Craft in America" exhibit (in San Diego's Balboa Park through 1/27/08), then you'll LOVE the upcoming Showcase of fine crafts from my late sister's extensive art collection at the Apply Liberally showroom in Sorrento Valley.

This Fine Crafts Showcase will feature several key mid-20th Century Ceramists:

Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995), one of the important figures in the world of art in the 20th Century. 

Rose Cabat (b. 1914), one of the United States' most reclusive ceramists, and certainly one of the oldest of the few well-known mid-20th century ceramists still alive and producing.

Gertrud (1908-1971) & Otto Natzler (b. 1908), who created pots which maintained a standard that was unparalleled in shape and form.

Vivika (d. 1995) & Otto Heino, loved by many potters and collectors far and wide because of their educational support to many generations backed by the fact they created killer pots with superb glazing.

Edwin & Mary Scheier (1908-2007), whose forms and design just set them apart from the rest of the potters of the time.

Ben Owen, Sr (b. 1904), the second known potter hired for the Busbees' Jugtown Pottery in 1923, who became its sole potter in the early '30s and later opened his own pottery, Ben produced for over 36 years, making many extraordinary forms.

James Lovera, known for lovely red clay functional forms with nicely detailed sgraffito, who taught for years at CSU San Jose with Herbert Sanders.

Also featured will be several contemporary artisans:

• Guy Michaels, incredibly unique alabaster and wood turned vessels.
• the late Paula Garrett, poetic sculptures of horses in copper, steel, bronze and gold leaf.
• Terry Turrell, whose abstract sculptures in wood, metal and paint have earned him inclusion in the Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopaedia of 20th Century American Folk Art and Artists.
• Gregg Hessel, whose Hessel Studios produces hand-forged copper candlesticks and snuffers, each with its own distinctive design.
• Zealandia, handcrafted silver and fossilized ivory jewlelry.
• ... and many others!