De Young

More museum adventures.

This time from the De Young:
The De Young has a small yet beautiful selection of turn of the century ceramics - which are also very difficult to photograph nicely XP
This first piece is from the Weller Pottery Studio by Jacques Sicard in Ohio around 1905-ish. It looks like some kind of Raku or luster going on. I don't know how he did it, but I want to learn o=










The De Young Museum also has a nice collection of Native American pottery including this awesome Pueblo piece. It was made in 1950 in New Mexico by Rose Chino.

Wherever I go, I must find the things with the creepy crawlies. In this case, it's a bug on this Hopi Pueblo jar made by Jean Sahmie in the '40s. The crazy stairs are pretty awesome too.






Finally, the De Young has a 9th floor lookout tower thing you can go to (complete with yet another gift shop XP). We went there and lounged on their bizarre triangle benches. If they had been more comfortable, I would have taken a nap. Instead, I took some pictures. You can see the entrance and domed roof of the Cal Academy of Science, and the city of San Francisco in the background.

















It was a long day, but a nice trip all together :)