Love at First Kite – Collectors Weekly

“Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popular Hideaway Pizza restaurant in Stillwater, Oklahoma—and that’s only a fraction of his collection..”

 

Full article and more kites:

Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman’s High-Flying Obsession | Collectors Weekly.

Diablitos Mexico’s Most Peculiar Pottery

“In the rural Mexican state of Michoacán, devils, mermaids, saints, sun gods, and drunks can all be found mixing it up and having a great time. Each of these characters, and many more, inhabit the strange universe depicted in sculptures produced in the tiny town of Ocumicho…”

 

Full article and more photos:

Diablitos in the Details: The Curious Tale of Mexico’s Most Peculiar Pottery | Collectors Weekly.

 

 

Museum of Craft and Design Reopens

After a three-year hiatus — a period of semi-homelessness featuring pop-up museums and storage in an office — the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design reopens Saturday with Michael Cooper‘s incredibly ornate wood and metal creations, along with displays from artists Arline Fisch and Rebecca Hutchinson

Michael Cooper, Gun in Curved Perspective I, 1980. Laminated mahogany and ash, 37 x 27 x 20 in. Photo: Courtesy the Museum of Craft and Design

Artist Michael Cooper’s Self Portrait, 1989.

Cooper’s kinetic sculpture, How the West was Won, How the West was Lost, 1977-2001.

Full article:

Handguns and Tricycles: Museum of Craft and Design Reopens With a Bang | Wired Design | Wired.com.

Jayson Fann’s Spirit Nests For Humans

California-based artist Jayson Fann designs and creates “Spirit Nests” for humans. Exhibited at the Big Sur Spirit Garden International Arts And Cultural Center which hosts artists, performers and musicians from across the globe. Jayson also does commissioned work.

 

Full article:

Sleep Like a Bird in Jayson Fann’s Human Nests | Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities.