(Some would dispute that: her painterly interiors have an exotic Moorish flavor with many handmade elements, like stenciled walls and block-print fabrics).
Similarly, CB2 offers its own selection of vintage pieces, like hand-carved toys from India, as well as a line of items called "Hand-Touched" — tied-dyed rugs, for example, or ottomans swathed in sweater-like knitted covers — with handmade elements.
"Covers by Ray Eames, Alvin Lustig and John Follis all utilize the technique of building an idea through a freewheeling juxtaposition of photographic and handmade elements," the book designer Lorraine Wild writes in her essay "Formal, Cool, Dense: Graphic Design in Los Angeles at Midcentury," "though each did this in her or his own very specific way".
Rounding out the lineup, the new work by Shen Wei (Nov. 30 to Dec. 4), artist in residence at the armory, will combine digital projection with handmade scenic elements.
Even more exotic — or not — are bath salts from Four Elements, handmade in Wisconsin; for a super dry-skin remedy, try its Look No X E Ma! salts, with comfrey, oats, licorice and chamomile.
"It was decided that sellers can get outside manufacturing, but they still have to have an element of handmade," says Gresham. "That means it still has to have been designed or made by them.
Sixty people attended this handmade ceremony, which sampled elements from early Christian services -- both men are Catholic -- blended with vows they had written themselves, followed by disco dancing to Duran Duran, Book of Love and late Blondie.
Two of Lodge's most redeeming elements are handmade: the delicious maple-syrup gelato, from Ciao Bella, and a pair of gorgeous tables that Cipriani hewed from slabs of oak.
"I'm interested in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with extreme elements found on the fringes of society," Venom writes in his artist statement.
The deluxe edition was originally priced at US$1500 (later $2000), and each copy is unique to some degree because of handmade or hand-finished elements.
