Vintage Spotlight – Sascha Brastoff Alaska Ceramics

A few original Brastoff ceramics from his Alaska series. The painting is so ahead of its time, it totally fits in with Fleet Street Scandal, Shag, Adam Cruz from House Industries and Sanjay Patel from Pixar. Even looks a little pinstripey and spray-paintey with the beautiful gradients. If the cool painting wasn’t enough, most of his items also have gold gilding throughout.

Brastoff seemed to be quite a prolific and interesting character and fellow Los Angelino! He was an aspiring film star and quite the socialite in the 50s. He is still relatively undiscovered as of late so you can get items pretty cheaply. I definitely see sky high prices in the near future as more people discover him!

 

Tags: 50s, alaska series, igloo, mid century modern, painting, stylized, tiki

Josh and Alyssa’s Album Cover Wedding Invite

Our wedding invites are finally done and up online! Wanna know how we did it? Check out the entire “revealing” post here on Josh’s site!

Tags: 50s, 50s lighting and staging, 6" inch LP, album cover art, alyssa and josh, bi-fold cover, cute kitschy rsvp, dino spectrum stereoo, fan club brochure gatefold, floating heads, french paper square envelope, future korwins, hand lettered, hand lettering, handle with care, I "love" the beatles sticker, invites, linocut wood block, machine wash filter, make a picture look old, married at the museum, moon farm, natural history museum of Los angeles, original, photography, retro style, space age mid century, stickers bus pass, typography 60s 50s, wedding invitations