RARE EARLY ’70s BRONZE “HONEYCOMB” PLANTER BOX BY McCARROLL & GILLESPE FOR FORMS+SURFACES ART006 ILKRA used dark red clay

ILKRA used dark red clay before 1958 and white clay after that date

A relatively large portion of Ü KERAMIK's output was exported to Austria and Scandinavia

Fuss's son died tragically in an accident in 1951

had for centuries worked there as sculptors

candle stands

RARE EARLY ’70s BRONZE “HONEYCOMB” PLANTER BOX BY McCARROLL & GILLESPE FOR FORMS+SURFACES ART006 ILKRA used dark red clayFour panels of bonded bronze, designed by Billy Joe McCarroll and David Gillespe for FORMS+SURFACES of California, adorn this unlined wooden planter box. A bold honeycomb pattern, formed by concentric hexagons, decorates all sides of the near cube. Produced in the 1970s. Bonded bronze, aka cold cast bronze, is made by pouring a mixture of liquid polymer resin and powdered bronze into a mold. The resulting material is durable and has the look of metal