The Craft in America Center is pleased to present Consume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design, an exhibition that will focus on handmade objects made by over 30 local artists for Southern California restaurants. The exhibition will feature all forms of items associated with food consumption, including: serving boards, dishware, glasses, lighting, and furnishings. Various media will be represented ranging from ceramics to wood to metal and more. The intersection of design, art, and craft to enhance dining will be the crux of this show.
Food was a motivational font for craft from its earliest origins. Craft has facilitated and elevated the act of cooking and consumption throughout history, from woven baskets to clay storage jars. Well-executed serving pieces and kitchen tools transform the edible experience and encourage us to stop and think about what we eat and how things taste. As creators of American material culture, craft makers design and build the relics of our everyday, modern world, and food is focal. Craft today plays a part in how we interact with food and deepens the ideology of sustainability and terroir.
Throughout the run of the exhibition, we will be hosting Chef / Maker Talks, panel discussions in which chefs will be in dialogue with craft artists and designers about their collaborations and the role of design and visual art in their industry. The modern restaurant has become a landscape infused deeply with craft and setting for creative craft expression. The exhibition and programs will explore the interdisciplinary nature of craft in restaurants today.
Makers/Designers:
Atelier Saucier Aura Knives Blockshop Textiles bX Ceramics Chris Earl District Mills Eunbi Cho Claire Hungerford Fell Knives Granada Tiles Humble Ceramics Irving Place Studio Patrick Johnston Ceramics Klein Agency Lawson/Fenning David Leitch
Male Glaze MANO YA Match Stoneware Ben Medansky Mt Washington Pottery Neptune Glass Objects for Others Mori Onodera Project Room Brendan Ravenhill Ren•Vois Laura Stinger Third Life Design Shoshi Watanabe W/R/F Lab
Objects found at restaurants including:
American Beauty Auburn Bestia Botanica Church + State Elf Hinoki & the Bird Kismet Le Comptoir
Manuela n/naka Otium Providence Ronan Somni Sqirl Tartine and more
Support provided by:
Exhibition Gallery
Consume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design exhibition window, Craft in America Consume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design exhibition window, Craft in America ABOVE: Neptune Glassworks, Circuit Chandelier, Aluminum,
steel, brass, 2015
LEFT TO RIGHT: Chris Earl, Stool, High Wood Stool and Sable Chair, Walnut, leather, copper, 2015, Otium
Earl worked in restaurants before moving on to furniture-making in 2014. He makes custom pieces in his LA workshop and his pristine products perfectly compliment Otium’s rustic yet refined
approach to dining.
BELOW: Granada Tiles, Solid Hexagons designed by Tamara Kaye-Honey of House of Honey for Otium, Cement, OtiumUri Davillier, Circuit Chandelier, Aluminum, steel, brass(above) Chris Earl, High Wood Stool, Walnut, leather, copper, 2015, Otium
(below) Granada Tiles, Cement, Solid Hexagons designed by Tamara Kaye-Honey of House of Honey for Otium.NEPTUNE GLASSWORKS
Ronan Disc Light, Glass, brass, 2019, Ronan | Los Angeles.
Scutoid Glass, Glass, gold, 2019.
Bullet Cup, glass, copper, 2015, Otium.
Select restaurants and bars, including Otium, have very recently introduced local handmade glassware into service to a limited extent. Specialized glassware is ideal for serving craft cocktails, tonics, and beer, however businesses note that these items tend to mysteriously disappear from inventories, perhaps because the items are so irresistible to customers.
Consume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design ExhibitionConsume: Handcrafting L.A. Restaurant Design, Craft in America (foreground) Alex Miller, Dinner Bowl for n/naka. (mid) David Leitch Tray. (background) Klein Agency, Dining Chair BT for Bon TempsDavid Leitch trayAlex Miller, Rough Around the Edges Dinner Bowl, Glazed stoneware, 2017, n/nakaKlein Agency, Dining Chair BT, Aluminum, 2017, Bon Temps
A “workhorse” chair created for Chef Lincoln Carson’s all day restaurant Bon Temps in the Arts District, 1/4″ aluminum sheet is press-broken and hand-finished in this slick retro-futuristic take on a diner chair.(back) Atelier Saucier, Napkins for Outstanding in the Field, Linen.
(front) Claire Hungerford & Blockshop Textiles, Napkin, block printed in Jaipur, India, 2017, Kismet.Nobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareWALL OF PLATES
(left to right)
top: Humble Ceramics, Patrick Johnston Ceramics, Irving Place Studio, Mori Onodera
middle: bX Ceramics, Humble Ceramics, W/R/F Lab, Humble Ceramics
bottom: W/R/F Lab, Shoshi Watanabe, W/R/F Lab, bx Ceramics
Project Room, Pendant Light for Sqrl, Turned WoodKlein Agency, HL Cafe Chair, White oak, canvas, 2017, Highly LikelyWALL OF BOWLS
(left to right)
Irving Place Studio, Porcelain Cereal/Soup Bowl and Small Plate,
Glazed porcelain, 2016, Manuela at Hauser & Wirth, DTLA.
Mori Onodera, Bowl, Providence, Mori Sushi, Melisse.
Mori Onodera, Bowl, Providence, Mori Sushi, Melisse.
Delphine Lippens, Stillness Bowl, Pizzana, Rays and Stark Bar.
Patrick Johnston Ceramics, Bowl, Glazed stoneware, 2019, Rose Cafe.
Laura Stinger, Bowl, Glazed stoneware, 2019, Kismet.
Shoshi Watanabe, Bowl, Glazed stoneware, 2019, Hinoki & the Bird.
Mt Washington Pottery, Bowl, Glazed Stoneware, 2019, Kismet.
Tina Huang, Bowl, Porcelain, 2018, Nightshade.
bX Ceramics, Pasta Bowl in Rutile Blue Pink, Glazed stoneware in gas reduction, 2019, Elf Cafe.
W/R/F Lab, Bowl, Glazed stoneware, Providence.
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stoneware(right to left)
Lawson/Fenning, Elysian Barstool, Brass plated steel and leather,
2012.
Klein Agency, Bar Stool GH, Steel and leather, 2017, Auburn.
Objects for Others, Cricket Bar Stool, Steel, black walnut, patina finish, 2016, Le Comptoir.
Brendan Ravenhill, La Buca Stool, Steel and wood, 2011, designed for Osteria la Buca.
Brendan Ravenhill, Angle Stool, Steel and wood, 2011, Osteria la Buca.
The legs of the Angle Stool are made on hot rolled angle iron which is notched and welded to create the splayed look that gives the stool its stability. The top is contoured for comfort, and custom wood feet are attached to soften contact with the floor.
Delphine Lippens Ceramics(l to r)Humble CeramicsInstallation ViewNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stonewareNobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stoneware,Nobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stoneware,Nobuhito Nishigawara, Glazed stoneware for DinosaurBen Medansky at American BeautyMano Ya at n/nakaIrving Place Studio at ManuelaMale Glaze at n/nakabX ceramics at Elf Cafe
