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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

To celebrate the new shop and terrible weather I went out thrifting in Palm Springs. My fun find this weekend was a Jaru gold ram head from the 1970’s. Looks like the ghost of KWID is infiltrating ye’ old brick house…

What the hell is Jaru? I didn’t know but a quick Google informed me that Jaru was a Californian pottery company started in 1950 by Jack and Ruth Hirsch that made some unquestionably ugly ceramic pieces.

Other versions HERE and HERE. Ram-tastic!

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Thursday, February 25th, 2010

My haul from this weekend. The thrifting was truly superb after such a long dry spell.

What did I get? Well…

-More vintage ceramics

-Dansk bisected wood bowl

-Chunk o’ burl wood

-White glass bottles with teak stoppers

-John Keal for Brown Saltman hexagon coffee table

-Black Styson Art Prod. salad bowl

-Mid century ceramic girl head planter

Caravelle Sizzling Servers enamel set

-1970’s Porsgrund Norwegian cruise line peanut jar

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010

I received these little Jens Quistgaard tiny taper brass Dansk candle holders in the mail a few weeks back. A surprise gift from the east coast – thank you Wes!

Let me divert your attention to the elephant in the room behind the Dansk cuteness…

I picked up this ceramic elephant at a little antique store for a few dollars and I swear I’ve seen him around the interweb before. My memory is failing me and I can’t seem to recall where he comes from…

I have this nagging feeling that he is Italian. My feelings tend to be wrong…

He is rad nonetheless.

So if anyone recognizes him, pretty please help jog my memory.