The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/3263697091/player/c0517eb9f1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s1600/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG0TiQ7T01Mp34U-fLurcziq5DnjmK6Y-Dkk8vgIreFs0z5CEnBHgEaaGSw0p8pFqAHgZS8PaVw6bHz7xfGMuLIiNe9tkn4ZVeqkXqVFWo9qFmlRHqV7rQV2ZSC805UIpNaQvP_5uU1wF/s640/P1150150-2013-01-05-Demolition-109-Seventh-Atlanta-Neel-Reid-1923-J-A-McCord-Apartment-Final-VIDEO-preview.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was on Seventh Street behind the Starbucks.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8363094082/player/4052430ac9" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The I. M. Pei designed Gulf Oil Building. "The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949 ..."  - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/131_Ponce_de_Leon_Avenue">Wiki</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="263" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8609088304/player/6090eef438" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Buffed and ready for apartments, half built as of this writing.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8343661860/player/4db9234dc5" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Loca Luna was on the same block as the McCord.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="553" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8361726167/player/8a38bbeb57" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />They are repurposing the Ramada Inn.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="478" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8365858151/player/cbe8fc50c4" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />But the Ramada's parking lot had to go.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="471" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739773951/player/01268590ab" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Building 1 at the CDC left the campus.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="430" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6739830211/player/9b21f5efa1" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It got a bit sideways in the process.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433853248/player/90bb1757fc" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />103 Fort Street is history.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8433854240/player/722f8f4ca2" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> <br />You had to stand on the porch to appreciate the weirdest brise soleil in Atlanta.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="402" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8493546176/player/283358c0c3" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Now it's one more buffed lot on the fringes of the Auburn Avenue Historic District and the Old Fourth Ward.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8177629285/player/cde2b0de14" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The old stone sanctuary in Hapeville took all year to tear down.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8527467768/player/a470945c5e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It was a bear.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10699348546/player/0bde6d7678" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Most folks never saw it anyway, an unmanageable landmark lost in a place with few landmarks.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="271" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9678185366/player/1d88b6ae70" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The Crum and Forster is 2/3's gone.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9657978281/player/611b13761b" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It still classes up the neighborhood.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="491" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10950279976/player/fa84d2a216" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The Hulse House was the shocker, not even 30 years old.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="243" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10718815286/player/6f458e33ea" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />But there it goes.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9373528974/player/4c4141a3a0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Mt. Vernon Baptist is in Falcons stadium territory.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9370757571/player/41a6554f9e" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Friendship Baptist too, go look before they are gone.

The Year in Demolition - Atlanta 2013

We lost a Neel Reid and an I.M Pei this year. The McCord Apartments by Hentz, Reid & Adler, job number 491 occupied in 1923. It was on S...

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My Year in Review for ArtsATL.com

Click to <a href="http://www.artsatl.com/2013/12/architecture-tourist/" target="_blank">Year in Review: A photo scrapbook from ubiquitous Architecture Tourist</a> for <a href="http://artsatl.com/">ArtsATL.com</a> then come right back here. I want to introduce you to some nice people.<br /><br />Atlanta is small enough that it's not a chore to do new things if you can find out about them. And there is so much to do. The best part is the people, there's just no stopping them.<br /><br />If you follow <a href="http://artsatl.com/">ArtsATL.com</a> and <a href="http://burnaway.org/">Burnaway.org</a>, you'll be in the know. Use email, websites, Twitter, FaceBook, or all them. That's what I do.<br /><br />Here is a mini field guide to some ArtATL folks. Get out there in introduce yourself; tell them Terry sent you. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCG6Z44jw-_T5cSmTe96LHZ_CzHlRjdZPBH-DzSdVwEFaZ1uFEyzmmp6vV5AycRzmRXgRoCr1tWQJmp-sP_eLPWebQ15Y_6PYPihTy5tRlsMPTJGBWWNxmJBfsBn-1iR1MKmxSezfN1qwh/s1600/IMG_6966-2013-10-29-Best-of-Atlanta-Creative-Loafing-ArtsATL-Catherine-Fox.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCG6Z44jw-_T5cSmTe96LHZ_CzHlRjdZPBH-DzSdVwEFaZ1uFEyzmmp6vV5AycRzmRXgRoCr1tWQJmp-sP_eLPWebQ15Y_6PYPihTy5tRlsMPTJGBWWNxmJBfsBn-1iR1MKmxSezfN1qwh/s640/IMG_6966-2013-10-29-Best-of-Atlanta-Creative-Loafing-ArtsATL-Catherine-Fox.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I worked with Cathy Fox (right) on my review and what a pleasure. She's executive director, editor, and  chief art critic at <a href="http://www.artsatl.com/aboutcontact/">ArtsATL.com</a>. She knows stuff and knows how to put it into words. Here she is picking up the<a href="http://clatl.com/atlanta/BestofAtlanta2013/Page"> 2013 Creative Loafing readers picks award for Best Local Arts Website</a>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10766032265/player/1df251cfcf" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />It fun spotting Atlanta's arts writers. Here is Andrew Alexander at the gloATL performance at the Rhodes Theater. Andrew writes about theater, dance and art.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/10938307013/player/890592c479" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.markgresham.com/home.html">Mark Gresham is an Atlanta composer who writes about music</a> for ArtsATL. Here's Mark at <a href="http://www.timwhiteheadpiano.com/">Tim Whitehead's piano recital</a> at the restored and acoustically renovated Druid Hills Presbyterian Church.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="283" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8011177852/player/225e6485d6" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.faithmcclure.com/">Faith McClure</a> writes about visual arts. She's an artist, curator, and more, working in the Visual Arts Department and Gallery at Emory. Here she is with Louis Corrigan at a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/sets/72157631600455093/">gloATL performance in the pool at Maddox Park</a>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="279" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/9154674615/player/14ca851453" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Jerry Cullum goes nearly everywhere, writes nearly everything. Tip for spotting Jerry in the wild: Find a crowd of ladies and Jerry will usually be in the center. Here he is at <a href="http://whitespace814.com/">whitespace</a> with <a href="http://mimihartsilver.com/">Mimi Hart Silver</a>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/8849887751/player/c8647129f7" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />Ed Hall is a literature guy who goes nearly everywhere. Right now he curates the ArtATL to-do list. Here's Ed with Maggie Ginestra and <a href="http://www.rachelherrick.com/">Rachel Herrick</a> when "Something In Particular" spilled out of the Telephone Factory onto the BeltLine. Tip for spotting Ed in the wild: See "Jerry Cullum" above.<br /><br />Happy New Year.

My Year in Review for ArtsATL.com

Click to Year in Review: A photo scrapbook from ubiquitous Architecture Tourist for ArtsATL.com then come right back here. I want to intro...

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I Regret This Teardown

We talked about Ansley Park carriage houses this week, one of Atlanta's greatest neighborhoods is denser that you think. Morningside too but it's getting less so.<br /><br />Replacing multi-family with single-family is gentrification on steroids. Fewer students, singles, starter families, and empty nesters can live around here anymore. We won't get them back.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRkLnOiy1QqzeSPzdMA2NPhn8-p0dK2EmkR0MvlEezGPeTBPd6TkqnpE7c4jxbR0YGfTPScscvRmvHtFH0IUDN2tt_dySJwcDiMmSMoH0uXeSVj7p8ARoVlLsVNHAaZjRTiCIwGZ0Zn2A/s1600/P1060002-2012-03-21--1507-N-Morningside-teardown-before-demo-detail-full.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRkLnOiy1QqzeSPzdMA2NPhn8-p0dK2EmkR0MvlEezGPeTBPd6TkqnpE7c4jxbR0YGfTPScscvRmvHtFH0IUDN2tt_dySJwcDiMmSMoH0uXeSVj7p8ARoVlLsVNHAaZjRTiCIwGZ0Zn2A/s640/P1060002-2012-03-21--1507-N-Morningside-teardown-before-demo-detail-full.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This multi-unit wasn't in sparkling condition. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7004387107/player/a6b12e256d" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />There were 3 multi-families in a row built in the mid-30's according the property tax records. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="374" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7046585073/player/1c4217b0da" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="379"></iframe><br />They were so well integrated I didn't pay much attention. I got this picture from Google.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" nbsp="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6855766564/player/34ebe8afd2" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />The replacement house (not shown) is just fine but you can't do this mix anymore.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7009466909/player/4526ceece9" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe>

I Regret This Teardown

We talked about Ansley Park carriage houses this week, one of Atlanta's greatest neighborhoods is denser that you think. Morningside too...

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Guest Curating: I Blogged a Week on the Burnaway Tumblr

Merry Christmas. <br /><br />Today ends my week as guest curator on the <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/burnawayga" target="_blank">Burnaway Blog</a>. I'd be grateful if you went over and had a look. If you do Tumblr, maybe you can do some reblogging. If you've never seen Tumblr - well - this is your chance.<br /><br />I did 28 little Tumblr posts over there, <a href="http://burnawayga.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">go see</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2ztQKkW3FWR5BKf4C7o267oNJWAQ_jddL9p0jA7BtcraanAa3BfmY5GyifR3JuUz0slirX69Y_0yLBMOfspJ6GvkLowu5NXJxT3gskx2DmbaIxGOM6ryE_njGmJYOpnmke6t-TQ1O7Nd/s1600/P1150576-2013-01-20-TK-Bookmarks-Jane-Jacobs-Death-and-Life-of-Great-American-Cities.jpg"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2ztQKkW3FWR5BKf4C7o267oNJWAQ_jddL9p0jA7BtcraanAa3BfmY5GyifR3JuUz0slirX69Y_0yLBMOfspJ6GvkLowu5NXJxT3gskx2DmbaIxGOM6ryE_njGmJYOpnmke6t-TQ1O7Nd/s640/P1150576-2013-01-20-TK-Bookmarks-Jane-Jacobs-Death-and-Life-of-Great-American-Cities.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://burnaway.org/" target="_blank">Burnaway is an online arts magazine</a> here in Atlanta. The Burnaway folks help make Atlanta a more interesting place. It's where I go for <a href="http://burnaway.org/to-do-list-3/" target="_blank">my to-do list</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5972601709/" title="P1130177-2011-07-24-Burnaway-Court-13-Films-Grant-Park-Elem-Hall-Signs-Burnaway by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1130177-2011-07-24-Burnaway-Court-13-Films-Grant-Park-Elem-Hall-Signs-Burnaway" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6026/5972601709_0c72d5f16b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /><br />"BURNAWAY is an Atlanta-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing critical coverage and dialogue about arts in Atlanta and the Southeast since 2008."

Guest Curating: I Blogged a Week on the Burnaway Tumblr

Merry Christmas. Today ends my week as guest curator on the Burnaway Blog . I'd be grateful if you went over and had a look. If you do T...

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Elegant Virginia-Highland Design by Pak Heydt

The first time I met <a href="http://www.pakheydt.com/" target="_blank">Yung Pak</a> I asked him how we could get architects like him to design small(er) houses. He'd obviously thought about it. He told me he'd love to do small houses, he'd work extra hard on them. But the economics rarely favor it.<br /><br />We're lucky once is a while get one like this. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-_Vj9_xE_lPAuCaWGGgza9FuFVH_EkO5x35gsavWMWvvWXqVi2Co4qmgvoR_-sg4NMjtlGUK8r_WnNn0u1L2XBfFpgbfNoaYKDh63SKBl5pvmY-iS-zLWKoV3ZO1OLCc3AEYQAT4R4He/s1600/IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-whole-detail.jpg"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-_Vj9_xE_lPAuCaWGGgza9FuFVH_EkO5x35gsavWMWvvWXqVi2Co4qmgvoR_-sg4NMjtlGUK8r_WnNn0u1L2XBfFpgbfNoaYKDh63SKBl5pvmY-iS-zLWKoV3ZO1OLCc3AEYQAT4R4He/s640/IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-whole-detail.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />He said you have to concentrate on prefect proportions rather than elaborate geegaws and luxury materials. I call that elegance.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11280977034/" title="2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-before" height="339" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/11280977034_9955065c2a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You should have seen it before. It was from the 20's, a simple box with pleasing proportions fronted by a portico, a Georgian revival entrance. This was high-quality, elegant design, a classy little house.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11280905985/" title="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-Georgian-Revival-Entrance-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-Georgian-Revival-Entrance-detail" height="579" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/11280905985_9ffc7dbfe2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Pak Heydt reused the portico. Your guests enter through a little temple. See the fan above the door? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11280906145/" title="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-detail" height="518" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/11280906145_156455b820_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The hip roof got a gable too with curvy brackets under the returns.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11281117866/" title="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-no-ID by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8222-2013-12-08-688-Cooledge-Ave-NE-teardown-after-no-ID" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/11281117866_f8361114ee_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It makes it's neighbors look better.<br /><br />Bravo to owners, designers, and craftsmen.

Elegant Virginia-Highland Design by Pak Heydt

The first time I met Yung Pak I asked him how we could get architects like him to design small(er) houses. He'd obviously thought about...

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Lori's East Atlanta Pottery Studio is "Out in the Country"

It feels rural just south of East Atlanta Village. <br /><br />At Lori's there's a nice pre-Depression era house on a half acre, a gravel and grass drive, and an outbuilding workshop. Our southern grandparents, aunts and uncles lived in places like this. They worked in the city but preferred living in the country. Many still do.<br /><br />I went to <a href="http://www.futurerelicsgallery.com/">Lori Buff's Future Relics Gallery</a> yesterday. Lori is a clayworker. She's having her holiday sale. I was already charmed by Lori and her work, We have one of her raku horsehair pieces. Yesterday I got to see the studio.<br /><br />You can keep up with her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FutureRelicsPottery" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FutureRelicsGal" target="_blank">@FutureRelicsGal</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UVICE7MM0x0A4r6AQBx9VKrmWLdau4sCYsbgqyyxGp0roiA2btcByqMb78NczlPqVth0ETUvgmdpyjRklJ9IbEY3pzxiuP0mWq5lLQoHt65Wts-xnQr5SmtX9ADIFURZrR8P16wL30Gx/s1600/2013-11-30+Lori+Buff+at+Future+Relics+Gallery+Pottery.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UVICE7MM0x0A4r6AQBx9VKrmWLdau4sCYsbgqyyxGp0roiA2btcByqMb78NczlPqVth0ETUvgmdpyjRklJ9IbEY3pzxiuP0mWq5lLQoHt65Wts-xnQr5SmtX9ADIFURZrR8P16wL30Gx/s640/2013-11-30+Lori+Buff+at+Future+Relics+Gallery+Pottery.jpg" width="640" /> </a><br />Who doesn't love a crisp sign, a grass drive, and a perky outbuilding. <br />  <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145960595/" title="IMG_8091-2013-11-30-Future-Relics-Gallery-Linda-Starr-TK-Lori-Buff-East-Atlanta-Pottery by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8091-2013-11-30-Future-Relics-Gallery-Linda-Starr-TK-Lori-Buff-East-Atlanta-Pottery" height="616" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/11145960595_9700c2404b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Three bloggers, two clayworkers: Left is <a href="http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda Starr, also a clayworker and blogger at Blue Starr Gallery</a>. Right is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FutureRelicsPottery" target="_blank">Lori Buff, the one-person total package at Future Relics</a>. If you go out much, go out to where the artists, artisans, crafterers are, you'll run into her. <a href="http://futurerelicsstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lori blogs at Future Relics Pottery</a>.<br /><br />Now I'll just show you.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145796635/" title="IMG_8062 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8062" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/11145796635_d327a597b7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />It feels country but she has neighbors and this great yard sink.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145850226/" title="IMG_8081 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8081" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/11145850226_ba988713e6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is so cool. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145862064/" title="IMG_8063 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8063" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/11145862064_20e0086845_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />These round things are "bats."  You put the bat on the wheel, the clay on the bat, then you throw, like on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/" target="_blank">Ghost</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145798045/" title="IMG_8064 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8064" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/11145798045_574f946fd6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />You take the bat off the wheel and let the pot harden just enough. Then you use a cut-off string with handles to cut the pot off the bat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145798675/" title="IMG_8065 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8065" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/11145798675_5375546739_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Depending on how you pull the cut-off string, you get very cool patterns like this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145995843/" title="IMG_8085 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8085" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/11145995843_eea594cd46_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Handles have their own production line.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145803825/" title="IMG_8071 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8071" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3785/11145803825_7d8e2b9aa6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There a wheel with a metal pedal.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145807105/" title="IMG_8074 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8074" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/11145807105_2a50f2c713_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There's a kick-wheel with a collection of clay tailings.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145810275/" title="IMG_8078 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8078" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5496/11145810275_1ee678ff89_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />There's orangestone clay.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145810945/" title="IMG_8079 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8079" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11145810945_f1ea95acc6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Phoenix clay in clay lingo: "... It has a good amount of tooth without being rough on beginners hands. Fine mullite grog has excellent thermal shock properties ..."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145882714/" title="IMG_8086 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8086" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/11145882714_8ae01101f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Loafer's clay is just my style.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145840756/" title="IMG_8072 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8072" height="640" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/11145840756_6f22d17dba_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />Straightforward tools everywhere, You'll need this to make sure your lids fit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145806185/" title="IMG_8073 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8073" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/11145806185_aac813a4d8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I'm rather ham-handed but I love the tools.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145829735/" title="IMG_8096 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8096" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/11145829735_d3ae86c118_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />For big curves and striations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145977953/" title="IMG_8066 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8066" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/11145977953_232ae6049a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There will be mud but not today.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145800005/" title="IMG_8067 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8067" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/11145800005_6fa643850a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Humble sponges.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145800675/" title="IMG_8068 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8068" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/11145800675_82b5549de3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A stick for every season.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145880114/" title="IMG_8083 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8083" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/11145880114_6c8d0b0837_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I like the lamp a lot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145896414/" title="IMG_8098 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8098" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/11145896414_7f6a7dd1cc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Do the clayworkers bond like the printmakers? I think so.<br /><br />Time to go.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145895524/" title="IMG_8097 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8097" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/11145895524_34eea3841c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is a rural scene.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145814555/" title="IMG_8082 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8082" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/11145814555_fee9aa3d3f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Some of Lori's handmades.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11146001293/" title="IMG_8089 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8089" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/11146001293_c31c022f80_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />A neighbor took a picture of us. You can just see the back of the house.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145999583/" title="IMG_8088 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8088" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/11145999583_95fc48fece_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br />A look at the seconds table, they look like firsts to me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145869566/" title="IMG_8099 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8099" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/11145869566_d73331e362_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Bye.<br /><br /><a href="http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/2013/12/lori-buff-open-studio.html" target="_blank">Linda Starr blogged it too at "Lori Buff Open Studio." </a>

Lori's East Atlanta Pottery Studio is "Out in the Country"

It feels rural just south of East Atlanta Village. At Lori's there's a nice pre-Depression era house on a half acre, a gravel and gr...

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