Walter Bosse’s long awaited new hedgehog ashtrays will be debuting at the Chelsea Marketeers booth at the Palm Springs Modernism Show this coming February! This is one of the largest shows in the world so if you’re in the area it’s definitely worth dropping by. Be sure to look for Chelsea Marketeers and Walter Bosse’s hedgehogs […]
Month: January 2013
Watch the Blackened Brass Patina Process on Carl Aubock’s Optimist/Pessimist
Very interesting video of fellow Mid Century Austrian artist Carl Auboeck’s (Aubock) patination process on his Optimist/Pessimist figures. You can watch the figures go from bright golden brass to the signature matte black color. Both Walter Bosse and Carl Auboeck were contemporaries working with brass/bronze in Vienna, Austria in the 1950s. This is the same […]
52 × BOSSE: Week 5
Week 5 features Walter Bosse’s 5283 Fish feeding underwater. […]
Jonathan Adler’s New Brass Menagerie!
We’re big fans of Jonathan Adler’s brass bibelots! They seem to be very much inspired by Bosse’s older work with his collection of letter openers, corkscrew and shoehorns. It’s great that modern designers are also being inspired by brass. Their company ethics are similar in that they wanted to bring happiness to people through their designs. […]
The Etsy Blog – Storyboard: New Skin
Little vintage cobra snake figurine was featured on the Etsy Blog. You can read the entire post here! […]
52 × BOSSE: Week 4
Week 4 features Walter Bosse’s 6039 Turtle relaxing at the bottom of a pond. […]
52 × BOSSE: Week 3
Week 3 features Walter Bosse’s 6055 Cat with a ball of string napping. […]
Vintage Spotlight: Fox
We’re very excited to feature a new addition to our Museum today. It’s a very rare and early original Walter Bosse bronze fox. It is quite large at approximately 7″ long and 4.25″ tall, unmarked. Featured in one of Bosse’s original catalog pages (it can be found on page 111 of Walter Bosse – Leben Kunst […]
First Look: Prototyping the Limited Edition Wooden Crate for Walter Bosse’s Hedgehog Ashtrays
More development in the upcoming hedgehog ashtrays! Our first prototype set arrived from Austria and we’ve been working hard on some great new limited edition crates. Each set will come packaged in solid wood crates nested in shredded paper bedding. Sliding wooden lid with hand painted hedgehog silhouette and Bosse graphics on the sides. Here’s […]
52 × BOSSE: Week 2
Week 2 features Walter Bosse’s BO12 Penguin with a bowtie in the snow. […]