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New Old Things in Transitional February

Greetings on a slow misty February Day. I am continuing in the project of documenting and publishing our vintage work. We are hoping for a new door to open soon, which will bring with it many challenges. For now it is just a steady pace of keeping on keeping on, in preparation for the new. These are a few recently posted items. Original prototype of Canada Goose Small One of a Kind Fledgling Robin Prototype Original Prototype of Egg Form Vase with Lip circa 1950 Very rare five sided Geometric Vase The small melon vase, simple and sensuous light and shadow catchers. The glazes on these two are perfectly done. Snail Prototype I am continuing the Medium journey, taking advantage of the opportunity to synthesize everything that is evolving into something whole.I am not sure where it is all going, but certainty is an really only an illusion. My latest Medium post is a synopsis of sorts. Spring is incrementally moving in! The Andersens

A Vintage Brand

Prototypes of the straight mug with blue and green hand painted stripes Dear Friends of Andersen Design, The mugs two mugs above are signed with a personal scripted signature, used at a time before the idea of a brand (Andersen Design) emerged. These are very early works, likely original prototypes of the simple and classic straight mug with hand decorated stripes Two vintage prototypes Below is a rare set of four straight mugs. These mugs were created in the production process. Although this design appears  simple, it is not easily executed without daily practice, The colors have to be properly adjusted. Working with the brushes and the ceramic colors and laying down the stripes in a rhythmic  pattern relies on intuitive confidence and a properly balanced white glaze. Practice makes perfect. Set of Four Vintage Blue Green Stripe Mugs The mug in the upper left corner has a skip, adding to its charm, Usually a skip just happens but an artist could attempt to d

The Rare Original One of A Kind Midcentury Platters by Brenda Andersen

A Great New Year Unfolds! ➤ Calling for Contributors to New Medium Publication,  Hand Making Makers of the World Presenting The Rare Original One of A Kind Mid-century Platters  by Brenda Andersen  Brenda Andersen designed many of Andersen Design's production patterns and in the process there were times when she veneered into pure creativity producing uniquely and spontaneous one of a kind objects of art.The liberty to let the craftsmanship and discipline of repetitive patterning interact with the inspired imagination of the creative artisan became part of the Andersen Design production process confounding conventional concepts of production. The Platter decorated in a blue green tree exemplifies the way that Brenda was able to decorate in a style that is at one controlled and lyrical. The graceful leaves and branches require a discipline of will to maintain their consistent character but it there is never a feeling of a mechanized routine in B

New Year News and Hope!

New Medium Publication Hand Made Makers of The World In exploring Medium, I have found that it is a place that has much to offer but what it doesn't have is a strong publication representing the hand made artist designer community. This is unsurprising because as the world evolves, large forces have also excluded many things valued in the past to paint the world in digital brush strokes. This phenomena is evident in my economic development research from Marco Rubio's,  American Investment in the Twenty First Century , which identifies a global world divided into high value (high tech) and low value (inclusive of most hand made objects not sold in upper end markets) economies, to Boothbay's local economic development council To correct this deficiency, I created my own Medium Publication: Designer Craftsmen of America and the World  Please contact me if you would like to be part of this publication, which is seeking collaborators. In a world moving toward coll

Recently Posted Items.

In Appreciation of the Simple Form, White Says  it Well: Variations on the Cycladic Vase in White Small Mellon, Big Mellon Tall Modulus Vase in White Vintage Variation of a Cycladic Vase in One of a Kind Pattern  Christine Thalia Andersen's decorative expression on Sheeba, a form designed by Weston Neil Andersen, One of a Kind Sheba, form by Weston, Decoration by Christine Thalia Andersen A Vintage Turtle Prototype in Rare Matte Green Glaze Vintage Turtle Prototype in rare rustic yellow & green helmet with ebony body I really miss being involved in the ceramic making process, and the opportunity to teach it to others. Hope the New Year is the Year of the Phoenix! Mackenzie

New Horizons with a Holiday Coupon

Tall Gingerbread Mug by Weston, Loop Pattern conceived by Weston executed by Mackenzie Greetings to All.I hope you had a great Thanks Giving!  We are giving you a 20% discount on orders over $100.00 o n firsts and vintage items.  Good through Dec 4 2019 Use coupon code: Giving 2019 Integrating a New Orbit Writing is becoming more complicated since I started writing for Medium , a place where over 10000 writers from around the world contribute, and where there are many publications to which one can submit one's work, or create one's own publication. Readers can follow writers and publications. By so doing one creates a personally curated network  displayed in a section on Medium's home page, There is original writing on every topic, from cooking to quantum physics. Many well known magazines are on Medium, At five dollars a month it is a good bang for the buck. I have been accepted as a writer for three publications to date, The Start Up  is the

Production and Consumerism in High Culture

This Eating Duck is included in our Vintage Fundraiser , priced to afford to launch a mug project with an existing American slip casting studio The Eating Duck is the last sculpture Dad worked on, and the first one in which the subject is involved in an activity as opposed to a portrait in repose. It began as our egg form vase and the sculpture was built around it. It seemed no co-incidence that the last sculpture Dad created, hatched from an egg, one of my Dad's elemental forms, suggests a future direction for the company he founded. As I worked with these images I realized that the subject matter calls out to be reproduced as an outdoor sculpture. The space created by the sculpture is very intimate. One can get very very close to the duck as it feeds. The Eating Duck is a natural subject for an out door sculpture in a rural public square or on a woodland walk, and a reminder of our planetary co-habitants in an urban landscape. It would be striking in a sculpture ga