handcrafted modern/outtake/eames

A couple more from the Eames House. From the area you can't usually see...

happy birthday handcrafted modern!!!

It suddenly occurred to me this weekend as I was nursing a whopper of a cold, that my book is a year old! It is so strange, it seems like it has been out longer...so crazy!

I decided to run an outtake of the Eames house today to commemorate this milestone and to coincide with the California Design show at LACMA. They have disassembled the Eames living room and moved it there for the exhibition. So this room is now empty. I am so thankful I got to shoot it before this happened. Something about knowing that Charles and Ray were the ones that put this room together makes it different for me somehow.

handcrafted modern/outtake/eames

For some reason I have been thinking about Ray Eames a lot. I'm not sure why...but it made me go back and look at all my Eames images. So here is another outtake from the Eames house. I love how everything is an opportunity for arrangement chez Eames  - even the kitchen counter.

miller house/outtake

a couple more images from the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana. These are from the boys room. I love the little Fornasetti table in the second image.

the miller house/outtakes

as promised, a few of my favorite images from the Miller House in Columbus Indiana starts today. This is actually the front door. But you can see the series of sky lights here and get a sense of the beautiful luminous quality of the house. I thought it would be cold in the house, but the terrazzo floor has radiant heat so I padded around in my socks for most of the time I was there because it was more comfortable for me. I made myself at home a little bit I guess.
Check out more of the article I shot and wrote in the May issue of Dwell or here on Dwell's website.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

This is one of those pictures at the Eames house that I shot for myself. I was wondering what the story was with these two wood poles (they look like old telephone poles) that are outside on the patio. Lucia, the Eamses granddaughter, told me they are actually a couple of the old pylons from the original Santa Monica Pier. They were getting rid of them, and Charles and Ray grabbed a couple and they have been in the garden ever since.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

one more from the Eames House. This is at the top of the spiral staircase on the second floor. I found that white milk glass finial (lower left) a bit of a surprise...

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

I am still going through all the Eames film, prepping all the images for their archive. I'm trying to make them all exactly how I think they should be...cropping, color adjustment, etc. I ran across this one today. I never noticed it before, but I think this one is really nice! You get such a good look at the way Ray and Charles layered so many different types of fabrics. And I think the tiger hide is super sexy!

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

Here is something you will never see that well unless you get inside the Eames House, and let's face it...few do. I didn't even notice this until the second day of shooting. One of Josef Albers' Homage to a Square hangs in the entry way. I have to say this Albers looks like none I have ever seen. The paint seems to be applied much rougher than the ones I have seen in museums. I can just imagine Albers smearing on the paint with a palette knife.

On another note, I wanted to mention a really nice interview with me on the Design Faith Blog. It was my first time I was ever interviewed in person and I fear I gabbed his ear off. Somehow Kenny edited it down. Take a look! I think it turned out well.

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

I thought I would continue on with outtakes from the Eames House. This chair was sitting in the corner of their bedroom. I moved a stack of Charles'shirts there (the ONLY thing in the house I was allowed to touch). Charles shirts were custom made and each shirt has a different button on them. You can see these two have a silver button, but they are subtly different. I just love this attention to detail. His initials were sewn in each shirt as well.   

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Hands down my favorite image that did not make it in the book. I tried to get it in everywhere, but alas, it was not meant to be.