shine a light

one of our most cherished customers is ae ja winslow who purchased this gourd lamp from the werkstaette last year. you see it here in her n.y. flat together with a small drawing in the ornate frame by Ricky Velez , the larger abstract painting is by kikuo saito, the horizontal painted lines running throughout the walls  were designed by ae ja's interior decorator friend darren swazo. may the gourd lamp shine and shine on.

oiled and groomed

after the bath

before the bath

prepared birds in a box

win hands down

worked with lead

                                                                                         

                                                                       

the black zumbusch hand

gropiusiana

im dwell magazin waren gegenstände auf dem arbeitstisch walter gropius' fotografisch dokumentiert..

hand, fuß, ei  und donaukiesel

einige davon hatte er von seinem ehemaligen studenten carl auböck (1900-1957) geschenkt bekommen oder in der werkstätte in wien gekauft gehabt.

einer davon ist der in leder eingenähte donau kieselstein . diese steine finden wir in der gegend des kritzendorfer strombades.

 2009 haben wir den stein wieder in die kollektion aufgenommen.

the dwell magazine documented "gropiusiana" in photographs concerning the artefacts on the working desk of the silver prince.

after having been carl auböck's principal on the weimar bauhaus the two guys befriended years later and gropius purchased some of the foot, hand, egg and pebble  pieces or got them as a gift.
since the 1940ties the pebbles we find on the banks of the river danube near the sportive resort of "kritzendorf" in the north of vienna.

nevertheless, his kind eye rested upon the pieces during the years of his work.

2009 the werkstätte decided  to relaunch the important piece of auböck's ready made v- effect design ideas.