#edith heath

ASHTRAYS SO AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, I JUST MAY HAVE TO TAKE UP SMOKING.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1416x1818 -- Spotlight on a brochure for Heath ashtrays, c. late 1950s. Courtesy of the Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley.

OVERVIEW: "One of the most popular Heath Ceramics pieces is credited to Brian Heath. Both Brian and Edith Heath were heavy smokers. Because Brian found it difficult to talk on the phone or take notes while smoking, he decided to design a solution.

Brian cut V-shaped notches on the side of a clay bowl drying on the rack. The notches helped hold the cigarettes in place. He also found that it could self-extinguish because of the tapering of the notch.

The item gained tremendous popularity, so much so that the city of Seattle named Brian’s design “safety ashtrays” and required them to be installed in every public building in the city. The design was so popular that at one point, the ashtrays were 25% of Heath Ceramics’ business."

-- ARTBOUND via PBS SoCal, c. May 2019

Featured glazes included:

Birch

Brownstone

Citrus

Desert Ochre

Gunmetal

Moss/Olive

Olive

Pebble Blue

Redwood

Sandlewood

Sea/Sand

Sienna

Spruce

Turquoise

White

White Stone

Heath Ceramics, “Heath Clay Studio Clock,” 2017,

Multilayered Glazed Ceramic 

12.00 x 12.00 in

Edith Heath Pottery of California Moonstone Blue Rim Opal Blue Tall Mug Plate w/ Sand Edge Heath Stackables, American Modern Design

Edith Heath Pottery of California Tall Moonstone Blue Rim Coffee Mug Heath Stackable Rimmed Line American Modern Design

In Excellent Original Vintage Condition Bright Denim Jewel-Blue w/ Sand Exterior and Handle

HOME DESIGN -- DESIGN INSPIRATIONS -- FROM THE WORLD OF EDITH HEATH.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a magazine cover article titled "Artists Answer to the Housing Problem," (an Edith Heath article) from "Marin Magazine," c. 1950.

Featured cover article about the unique design of Edith Heath's boat-apartment dubbed "The Barge." Story on pages 8-10 by Judy stone photos by Warren Roll.

PART II: The caption at the bottom of the front page reads as follows: "Edith Heath, whose ceramics, made in Sausalito, are sold and collected from coast to coast, enjoys a cozy fire in her "boat-apartment.""

"FROM THE EARTH" ...TO YOUR TABLE.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1000x1316 -- Spotlight on a tastefully chic (and ultra-modern) advertisement for HEATH Ceramics (from one of their brochures), established 1948, in Sausalito, CA.

A FEAST FOR THE EYES -- AWASH IN COMPLETE NATURAL LIGHT.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on American ceramist Edith Heath in her Tiburon, CA living room with retractable roof, c. 1950. (The Brian and Edith Heath/Heath Ceramics Collection, Environmental Design Archives, UC Berkeley.

Resolution at 1000x1250 & 928x1148.