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Video: Echo Park Artist Peter Shire's 'Cups'
Shire's studio on Echo Park Avenue has long beeen a place where pottery becomes the perfect form of expression. This video for his new show "Cups 1974 - 2012" reminds us again.
Potter, designer and visual artist Peter Shire grew up in Echo Park.
Today, locals gather at his most mornings to enjoy a cup of coffee and get the lowdown on the neighborhood.
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It's also where Shire crafts much of his internationally-recognized work.
The above video by Hollywood filmmaker Eric Minh Swenson shows Shire at work.
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His new show Cups 1974 - 2012 continues through June 9, 2012 at the Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica.
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