Tulsa ART-DECO Museum?

[TheArtist]

  Ok, well that didn't work.  I guess it won't let you post a full sized image lol.   http://decopolis.net/donations.html

[TheArtist]

Sounds great!!  Is it the same window, or a place inside?

Artist,
Was wondering if I could ask for a professional opinion?  This is an old waffle iron I have had for quite a while.  1925 is the date on the bottom.  Looks art deco to me, but am wondering if it is officially?

Well one thing you can say for certain is that its a "Deco Era" waffle iron.     But, I would say it is Art Deco.  A lot of early pieces are a mix of Art Deco elements and other earlier, classic design elements.  The handle is traditional for instance, but the top and definitely the base are Art Deco or "Art Moderne" influenced.  Rather than the curvy, organic and flowery, victorian design elements that came before,  Art Moderne or Art Deco would utilize "basic geometric patterns" (squares and rectangles, triangles and circles) "oft used in a repetitive manner and or the common, stair stepped and or fan pattern".  The top has simple repetitive triangles, and the base cut-outs also has those simple, bold, geometric shapes.  

The term "High Art Deco" is used for those pieces that are just classic, all out, Art Deco.  The handle would be Art Deco, the designs would be pure, no doubt about it, deco, etc.   As the Art Deco design vocabulary became more established and evolved, it became much more distinct and recognizable from what came before. And again, a lot of pieces would be a mixture of any design style you can think of from Roman and Victorian to Mayan and Colonial, and Art Deco was a way of giving those design styes some varying degree of "hip" modern twist.    

[heironymouspasparagus]

Well one thing you can say for certain is that its a "Deco Era" waffle iron.     But, I would say it is Art Deco.  A lot of early pieces are a mix of Art Deco elements and other earlier, classic design elements.  The handle is traditional for instance, but the top and definitely the base are Art Deco or "Art Moderne" influenced.  Rather than the curvy, organic and flowery, victorian design elements that came before,  Art Moderne or Art Deco would utilize "basic geometric patterns" (squares and rectangles, triangles and circles) "oft used in a repetitive manner and or the common, stair stepped and or fan pattern".  The top has simple repetitive triangles, and the base cut-outs also has those simple, bold, geometric shapes.  

The term "High Art Deco" is used for those pieces that are just classic, all out, Art Deco.  The handle would be Art Deco, the designs would be pure, no doubt about it, deco, etc.   As the Art Deco design vocabulary became more established and evolved, it became much more distinct and recognizable from what came before. And again, a lot of pieces would be a mixture of any design style you can think of from Roman and Victorian to Mayan and Colonial, and Art Deco was a way of giving those design styes some varying degree of "hip" modern twist.    

Thanks for the interpretation!  Always good to receive enlightenment!  I kind of thought it was - I like it no matter what its official name is.
It used to work, but something has happened in the last couple years that cured that problem... so now I have to try to fix it.


Was wandering around your web site and was very impressed.  I especially like the modern examples with the International Lonestar truck!  I am waiting for used ones to come down a little more in price, then am going to try to buy one. 

Where is the museum going to be inside the Philcade building?  Do you have glass windows?  Gonna leave them "open" so people can come by and see the progress??  I think that would be very cool - would like to watch.

[TheArtist]

We will have our little gift shop open tomorrow from 10am-7pm.  Drop by and take a peek at the "before" museum space and while your there check out some of the stocking stuffer gift items and this years Christmas Cards.  A portion of all the proceeds goes to help us create the Tulsa Art Deco Museum.

I will be there at the Philcade each Wednesday from now till Christmas. 

Drop by and say hello!   

Oh and don't forget to check out the other "pop-up" shops downtown.  Help support your local small entrepreneurs and help bring shopping back into downtown.

[heironymouspasparagus]

We will have our little gift shop open tomorrow from 10am-7pm.  Drop by and take a peek at the "before" museum space and while your there check out some of the stocking stuffer gift items and this years Christmas Cards.  A portion of all the proceeds goes to help us create the Tulsa Art Deco Museum.

I will be there at the Philcade each Wednesday from now till Christmas. 

Drop by and say hello!   

Oh and don't forget to check out the other "pop-up" shops downtown.  Help support your local small entrepreneurs and help bring shopping back into downtown.

Over Thanksgiving weekend (Friday I think?) went by and went in the building at the north entrance.  There was work on a shop in that northeast corner - is that your place?

Further down the hall, on the left at the corner was another little place where someone was putting in something.  She said that she thought the museum would be around the corner to the left... 

So, basically, I am asking where are you going to be?

[Conan71]

Over Thanksgiving weekend (Friday I think?) went by and went in the building at the north entrance.  There was work on a shop in that northeast corner - is that your place?

Further down the hall, on the left at the corner was another little place where someone was putting in something.  She said that she thought the museum would be around the corner to the left... 

So, basically, I am asking where are you going to be?

From the Boston Entrance where Mod's is, it's straight back when you exit from Mods into the hallway.  From the 5th St. entrance it is down the hall and to the left.  It's small, but it's a great start for the museum.  Our Christmas er holiday cards are very cool this year, be sure to buy a few boxes as they are a great fund-raiser for the museum.

[heironymouspasparagus]

From the Boston Entrance where Mod's is, it's straight back when you exit from Mods into the hallway.  From the 5th St. entrance it is down the hall and to the left.  It's small, but it's a great start for the museum.  Our Christmas er holiday cards are very cool this year, be sure to buy a few boxes as they are a great fund-raiser for the museum.

I can pretty much never get there on Wednesdays.  Are there going to be any Saturday openings?

[TheArtist]

We will be open Saturday the 10th for a special event.  10 OSU fashion design students have created "Couture-Level" evening gowns that were influenced by Tulsa's Art Deco Architecture.  They will be worn by live models and you will be able to meet the designers and talk to them about their inspiration.  The models will each be holding a placard with a number so that you can vote for the "peoples choice".  We will also be having a few raffle items and of course our gift shop will be open, and you can take a sneek peek at the museum space as its being tranformed into the Tulsa Art Deco Museum.

Oh, and Santa will be there so bring the kids, event will go from 4pm-6pm that Saturday and afterwards you can see the Parade while your downtown. 

[heironymouspasparagus]

We will be open Saturday the 10th for a special event.  10 OSU fashion design students have created "Couture-Level" evening gowns that were influenced by Tulsa's Art Deco Architecture.  They will be worn by live models and you will be able to meet the designers and talk to them about their inspiration.  The models will each be holding a placard with a number so that you can vote for the "peoples choice".  We will also be having a few raffle items and of course our gift shop will be open, and you can take a sneek peek at the museum space as its being tranformed into the Tulsa Art Deco Museum.

Oh, and Santa will be there so bring the kids, event will go from 4pm-6pm that Saturday and afterwards you can see the Parade while your downtown.  

Thanks!  

I'll be there 'with bells on'.  (See if you recognize me.)

[Conan71]

Thanks!  

I'll be there 'with bells on'.  (See if you recognize me.)

You should be easy to recognize with the gold paint under your nose.

(I keed I keed!)

[cannon_fodder]

Stopped by the museum tonight, saw William, bought some Christmas cards, did some pop-up shopping.

Making progress!

[TheArtist]

Will hopefully get the floors done this weekend. The terazzo is looking nicer than I thought it would as the paint and grime comes off.  Have Carolyn Finch, who is the top faux finisher in town, coming in Friday to do a neat finish on two of the walls.  She and her team will make the walls look like brushed and hammered stainless steel.  Can't wait to start bringing in some of the displays. 

The other day I snagged some old theater seats that I found at an antique mall in Jenks.  The people said that Michael Sager had brought them in so am wondering if they were from a local theater and which one? 

But anyway, have been thinking about how to do a little Art Deco Theater display in one section of the museum space with a movie theater arch/entrance that you walk through and into the little theater with the seats to your left and a screen to your right.  And since the museum space is so small perhaps have headphones that people can use to listen to whats playing. 

Anyway, lots of work still ahead of us, but lots of neat stuff gonna happen too. 

[heironymouspasparagus]

Will hopefully get the floors done this weekend. The terazzo is looking nicer than I thought it would as the paint and grime comes off.  Have Carolyn Finch, who is the top faux finisher in town, coming in Friday to do a neat finish on two of the walls.  She and her team will make the walls look like brushed and hammered stainless steel.  Can't wait to start bringing in some of the displays. 

The other day I snagged some old theater seats that I found at an antique mall in Jenks.  The people said that Michael Sager had brought them in so am wondering if they were from a local theater and which one? 

But anyway, have been thinking about how to do a little Art Deco Theater display in one section of the museum space with a movie theater arch/entrance that you walk through and into the little theater with the seats to your left and a screen to your right.  And since the museum space is so small perhaps have headphones that people can use to listen to whats playing. 

Anyway, lots of work still ahead of us, but lots of neat stuff gonna happen too. 

Theater... don't know if he still has it, but Ray over at Rose Pawn used to have carpet strips behind the counters from the old Ritz or Rialto theaters downtown - can't remember for sure which.  Not sure it could be recovered well enough for display, but might be worth asking about?  (It was about 50 years old when put there...would be 90 now.)  Was beautiful carpet.  The restroom doors were unbelievable in the place.  Frosted floated glass, in mahogany (maybe walnut?) doors, with gold lettering and bright polished brass doors.

[TheArtist]

  Want to thank everyone who came out to the Vintage Tulsa Show at the Fairgrounds this weekend and checked out the Tulsa Art Deco Museum display booth.  Everyone seemed to really like our large new sculpted mural display that we will now be installing inside the museum space later this week. And of course thank you to all the folk who donated and purchased an item in our gift shop corner.  

Showing some of the museum items and the new display.  The large display is actually a 3-D sculpted piece that is then painted over to give it a little bit of extra magic.


This shows the sculpted piece as it's being created in the studio and before it was painted.  The piece is 6 feet tall and 14 feet long.



Here are some close-ups of some of the museum artifact display items.






And here is a pic of the "gift shop corner" we had at the show.  The large "Tulsa Skyport" painting will become part of a window display inside the museum lobby. We actually did quite well with sales and donations for our first show and managed to get enough to pay for an entire months museum rent, while also making some great connections and offers for possible donations and volunteer help.  We actually had a couple of people give us some art-deco items for the museum right on the spot!
 

Thanks again and be sure to tell your friends that the Tulsa Art Deco Museum will be officially opening starting Mayfest of this year!

[Weatherdemon]

Awesome!
Art Deco is so freaking cool!