I wish I had taken some more pictures concentrating on the pottery rather than the cacti while I was there. Here is an example of one of them.
Sources of Pottery for cactus collection
Sources of Pottery for cactus collection
I visited Huntington Botanical Gardens about a month ago and they have the best looking little clay pots in their cactus conservatory. I was wondering whether any of you know where they get their pottery from.
I wish I had taken some more pictures concentrating on the pottery rather than the cacti while I was there. Here is an example of one of them.
I wish I had taken some more pictures concentrating on the pottery rather than the cacti while I was there. Here is an example of one of them.
You might recognize his pots in many of my cacti images. Daiv has surely seen a lot of them at my place as well.
They were produced quite a few years ago by a potter named Bruce Johann. Orange County used to have quite a population of commercial potters due to availability of good quality clay nearby. Bruce did what many of us now call "museum pots", in quantity for HBG.
Around 1990. I got his name and found that in addition to his real job throwing commercial pots, he had a kiln at home and still had the templates and clay for the HBG pots. I commissioned two kiln loads from him and also purchased some remainder stock he had from the HBG days. The price was right and I spread the wealth by selling about 50% of what I got to OCCSS members. I still have many of the pots and they look as good as new.
I lost track of Bruce a few years later when he moved out of Santa Ana.
If anyone can add to this, I would be interested to know Bruce's whereabouts and situation.
Cheers ... GeneS
They were produced quite a few years ago by a potter named Bruce Johann. Orange County used to have quite a population of commercial potters due to availability of good quality clay nearby. Bruce did what many of us now call "museum pots", in quantity for HBG.
Around 1990. I got his name and found that in addition to his real job throwing commercial pots, he had a kiln at home and still had the templates and clay for the HBG pots. I commissioned two kiln loads from him and also purchased some remainder stock he had from the HBG days. The price was right and I spread the wealth by selling about 50% of what I got to OCCSS members. I still have many of the pots and they look as good as new.
I lost track of Bruce a few years later when he moved out of Santa Ana.
If anyone can add to this, I would be interested to know Bruce's whereabouts and situation.
Cheers ... GeneS
Here again I did not notice them until you pointed that out. Now for sure I can spot them in my pics from your place too.
