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i’m packing for chicago this morning and drinking my tea from a brand new cup. i tend to buy cups one at a time and end up with an assortment of random patterns and sizes. i found this new cup at tarzian west in brooklyn when i ran over to find some pot hooks. the plate versions of this style caught my eye and i thought, “charley harper has his work on tableware?”. so i popped inside to check it out and it looks like it’s just a ~~charley harper-esque pattern~~ official charley harper edition by a company called tag. it was only $7 with the saucer so i scooped it up as research. ~~when i got home i looked online and couldn’t find any harper work printed on tableware so i’m assuming this is not the real thing~~. it looks like you can find some harper prints on mugs right here though. so ~~until i can find the real thing~~ i’ll be sipping from my little bird cup this morning, trying not to get too nervous about the meetup tomorrow…

[ps: the utensil pot behind the cup is by karin eriksson. you can view her "in the kitchen with" recipe right here]

You have to go to the TAG outlet when you’re in Chicago then! It’s not to be missed! I don’t know the hours that the outlet is open, but here’s the location-
1730 W Wrightwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 871-1300

Tag is a large wholesale company. A lot of the stuff you see in housewares stores typically is from them. Their office is actually in Chicago. I love the bird cup, but as an artist it makes me made they are being Charley Harper - esque without paying tribute to him. I used to be a designer at Design Ideas which is basically Tag’s biggest competitor.

How sweet! I saw lots of Harper goodies at the Cincinnati Art Museum; they had an exhibit of Charley & Edie’s work earlier this year. There were quite a few home goods in addition to the many prints, although I don’t remember seeing this particular mug, which is lovely.

Here are more examples:

http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?query=%22charley+harper%22&searchsubmit=Go&vwcatalog=yhst-23075260307887&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.heliotropehome.com%2Find.html

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