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Last one from Kahn's Esherick house. I would look out this window endlessly...

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A couple more from Louis Kahn's Esherick House. This is the chimney. It makes a really lovely cast shadow on the wood opposite. So pretty...

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I have been trying to gather up ALL the images I shot from Handcrafted Modern lately - even the ones on my cell phone. I ran across this one yesterday. This was an original "pic of the day" when I sent it out to about 20 of my friends and family. It is a view looking into Wharton Esherick's bathroom. I really like how you can see detail of the floor. I regret I don't have this one on film since this is low res and not fantastic quality. But it captures something important about the house.

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Another view of the lowest floor of Wharton Esherick's home. To the left is the sculpture "Mother and Child".

On another note, thanks to everyone who came out to Williams Stout Annex in San Francisco last night. It was great to see so many friends - old and new.

Heading to LA today with 8 beautiful prints in tow for my show at Heath Ceramics on Saturday. Should be fun!

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Another outtake from Wharton Esherick's amazing studio. This is from the very lowest floor of his home. None of these images made it in the book because there just were not enough pages. Many of his sculptures are displayed on this level, as you can see...

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This view of the main floor of Wharton Esherick's home was another that did not make the final cut for Handcrafted Modern, but look at the amazing layers of his work in the background! And yes, that is a self portrait of him hanging on the wall. I especially love that burgundy color floor. Not sure if that is a stain or the type of wood...does anyone know?

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Another outtake from Wharton Esherick's home. Most everything you see was made by Esherick wth the exception of the "portrait"ceramic plates made by his friend, Henry Varnum Poor.

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This week is Wharton Esherick week on my blog, friends. So today I am starting with one of the images that I tried (and tried) to have in the Esherick chapter of Handcrafted Modern. Most (if not all...?) of the sinks in his home are copper like this and do not obey the usual laws of how sinks should look. Not rounded, not a traditional bowl per se, but an almost cubist version of a sink. Of course, Esherick wrote his own rules so why should his sink be any different?

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Thought I would continue on with images I shot of Louis Kahn's Esherick House. This is one of my favorites but I could not get that screen down all the way on the lower right window...and how I tried!

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Awhile back I had the opportunity to photograph Louis Kahn's Esherick House in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I knew of the house and had seen beautiful pictures of it, but I was mostly interested in the kitchen. Wharton Esherick had done all the kitchen cabinets, etc. for his niece (whose house it was). I have stared at this image a lot and have debated whether or not to put it up. What is it a picture of really? yet I am still staring at it. So here it is. Tell me your thoughts on this one.