Fire In The Hole
posted: 09/08/2011 by David London
FIRE IN THE HOLE
Pewabic Pottery Displays Pineapple Fireplace
Leon and Lulu extends a special thank you to our friends over at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit for allowing us to display this stunning pineapple fireplace.
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Now all we need is a chimney. Just kidding… we’d never get any work done curling up by this fireplace.
The fireplace was created in June 2011 for the Pewabic Pottery “For the House and Garden Show.”
Designers: Staci Meyers of Tringali Architects and Pewabic Designer, Genevieve Sylvia.
Tile Installation: Denis and Don DeSandre of DeSandre Tile Co.
Value: (Façade, Hearth and Floor) $6800
Design: A custom blend of Pewabic Legacy and Stratton Collection Glazes. A field of Seafoam, Oatmeal, and Pine tiles is punctuated by a deep blue-green Pewabic Iridescent glaze. The façade is comprised of 3x3 "L" shaped tiles. The design is framed by a custom geometric Baumgartner Border. The same color scheme is carried to the floor through a custom blend of 4"x4" field tile.
The fireplace is now in-store so come over and check out this heirloom quality design.
We are also pleased to announce we now carry Pewabic products at Leon& Lulu.
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Whether you're into tiles, paperweights, pots, or mugs. Pewabic creates these with a dash (or bowl) of American history in each piece. Come see the these beautiful pieces.
A little Pewabic history:
Pewabic Pottery was founded in 1903 by Mary Chase Perry (later Mary Chase Perry Stratton) and her partner, Horace Caulkins. In 1907 Pewabic moved to its current location on E. Jefferson in Detroit.
Pewabic installations can be found throughout Michigan as well as nationally and internationally. Installations can be found in many churches including Holy Redeemer and St. Paul Cathedral in Detroit. Other public installations include Detroit People Mover Stations, Comerica Park, Chicago's Shed Aquarium. Numerous historical and contemporary private residential installations (particularly Detroit's Indian Village, Bloomfield Hills, Pleasant Ridge, and Grosse Pointe)
Today, Pewabic is a non-profit multifaceted institution with active and growing education, exhibition, museum and design and fabrication programs. Pewabic fabricates heirloom quality architectural tiles for public and private installations, gift and commemorative tiles, vessels, gardenware, ornaments and both reproductions and adaptations of its historic designs. It offers classes, workshops, lectures, internships and residency programs for studio potters and other artists as well as outreach programs (hands-on) workshops, summer apprenticeships, classes for gifted and talented students structured to provide unique educational opportunities to students from preschool through high school.
Pewabic Pottery is free and open to the public 7 days a week.
10125 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, Mi 48214
Www.pewabic.org