Vallauris is a small town in the South of France where Picasso lived and worked around 1949 in his ceramics studio. You can still visit the studio today and buy limited editions of some of his pieces. The ceramics are relatively affordable and make wonderful additions to interiors. They bring a touch of Picasso's work at a great value. Above is a vase in the shape of a large owl, and below is an oval dish decorated with a bullfight, one of Picasso's favorite subjects in his art.
Sorcerer's Eye, or Sun Mirror, Vallauris France, 1949
I found this mirror at the famous flea market in Nice, France, which is very close to Vallauris. I fell in love with it immediately and took great pains to carry it onboard my Air France flight home to San Francisco. This mirror embodies much of what I feel about design and I have chosen it for my symbol because:
1. it is a beautiful symbol of the sun
2. it's a found object given a new life in my designs and logo
3. it's very artistic and creative
4. the convex mirror provides a wider vision
5. it looks fabulous in many different settings
Who can say for certain that Picasso himself didn't pause for a moment in front of this very mirror somewhere to check the tilt of his beret before heading outside for his "randonee" (afternoon walk) along the Mediterranean Sea in the summer of 1949?
vintage poster for a
Picasso exhibition
in Vallauris in 1958
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in 2010, it's:
for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic
Chic Provence Interior Design
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