ruth asawa: genius with wire

Ruth Asawa

1952

I've been thinking about 

Northern California a lot lately....

So when I saw this Ruth Asawa book

hiding on a low shelf I wondered

why the fuck I hadn't posted

anything on her yet.

Ok,  

maybe there have been a few mentions here and there,

but she is one of my all time favorites

and definitely an inspiration when it 

comes to obsessiveness and the ability for tedious

mind-expanding repetition...

traits greatly admire.

So, 

get into these shots, and expect more from

me on Ruth soon....

Ruth Asawa in her studio.

San Francisco

1959

 Ruth Asawa

Life magazine feature

1954

 Ruth Asawa's living room

1970's

Buckminster Fuller with an Asawa sculpture

in his Dymaxion House.

1964

Ruth Asawa's wedding ring designed by

Buckminster Fuller

and made by Mary Jo Slick Godfrey.

1949

Ruth Asawa working on a bed.

Photographs by her friend

Imogen Cunningham

1957

(Imogen took most of the photos in this post.)

Ruth Asawa and Imogen Cunningham

1975

Ruth Asawa made this wearable gold crown 

for Imogen Cunningham.

Late 1950s

Ruth and her children at home.

1957

Ruth Asawa

1957

Ruth Asawa

1952

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.210)

1958

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.089)

1950s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.250)

1950s

 Ruth Asawa

Group of "Untitled"'s

1950-60s

Ruth and her husband Albert in their living room.

1970s

(You think those lucite sculptures may be by Bucky?)

Ruth Asawa

The living room ceiling at the Asawa-Lanier home.

1990s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.272)

1950s

Ruth Asawa

"Untitled" (S.250)

1950s

(detail)

 Ruth Asawa at work.

1956

All content from the AMAZING book

"The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa"

But it!

(It's about 30 bucks on Amazon, such a deal!)