Material Science

Five picks from the Palm Springs Modernism Show

2013-02-21 08:10:00

For proof that Modernism still spins it magic, witness the crowds that descended upon the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale last weekend. Though final attendance numbers wouldn't be available until after Modernism Week ends this Sunday, the design...

Alabama Chanin debuts new collection at Heath Ceramics

2013-02-21 17:12:00

Natalie Chanin is someone I deeply admire. The Alabama native started her designing career in New York, but when she found she needed skilled seamstresses to complete her designs, she moved back home, to Florence, Ala., where textile mill closings had...

Father Maur van Doorslaer dies at 87; famed for folksy plaques

2013-02-07 00:00:00

Father Maur van Doorslaer lived a kind of double life. For decades, the Benedictine monk spent half the year working in a studio at an abbey in Belgium, painting abstract art in varying shades of white. For the other half, he took in the High Desert...

2 arrested, a third sought in Postal Service plastics theft

2013-01-17 08:32:48

Suspect in Hollywood nightclub slaying arrested in Las Vegas

2013-01-17 10:32:17

Natalie Wood death probe found new evidence, sources say

2013-01-17 10:43:31

Eight arrested in sophisticated plastic-theft ring

2013-01-03 12:52:08

Holiday Q&A with Ana Henton

2012-12-24 12:03:00

Architect Ana Henton is founder of MASS Architecture Design Build and has designed award-winning restaurants, cafes and shops such as Lukshon in Culver City, Intelligentsia Venice, C + M at LACMA, Breadbar in Century City and Silverlake Wine.� One of...

End of an era for Gainey Ceramics, local maker of garden pots

2013-01-10 20:22:00

Gainey Ceramics, the La Verne company known for its glazed planters, urns and decorative pottery, confirmed Thursday that after more than 60 years, it is suspending its ceramics manufacturing Jan. 31 and ending one of the last operations of its kind in...

Gift pick: L.A.-made Jen Kuroki ceramics

2012-11-29 10:56:00

Los Angeles ceramist Jen Kuroki doesn't want to see her handmade vessels sitting in a cabinet. "It’s important to me that people use my pieces," she says. "I don’t want my pieces to be precious."� That shouldn't be a problem. Kuroki's...

California businesses plagued by plastic thieves

2012-11-26 08:24:28

Remembering Evelyn Ackerman, a midcentury master of craft

2012-12-04 13:58:00

As a drizzle fell outside, family and friends gathered on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of Evelyn Ackerman in the Culver City home she shared with her husband, Jerome, since 1956. Hanging above the fireplace was “Rain,” one of her...

hosts open studios May 10 to 12 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sausalito. The event includes factory tours, food trucks, tile glazing and, of course, a sale. All in-store purchases are 15% off.

2013-05-02 15:08:00

Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin will be at Heath Ceramics on March 16 to debut her new collection of dinnerware and textiles for Heath.

2013-02-21 00:00:00

Among the pieces that will no longer be produced after Gainey Ceramics closes its pottery operation: the Hanging Sphere, which contains 25% recycled materials.

2013-01-10 15:15:21