It seems that the subject of terracotta is like an ever-expanding universe. There is a giant store of information at hand just at Eye of the Day alone. When we hear the word “terracotta” most of us imagine a a nice red clay garden pot, maybe planted with a geranium. Oh, how limited our mental…
Contained in our blog, Eye on the Garden, you will find interviews with garden professionals, landscape architects, designers and contractors discussing topics ranging from water conservation, how they choose a particular planter, to their design aesthetic. We also often include a story on one of our manufacturers or a new shipment that has arrived at Eye of the Day. We like to showcase garden related books in a monthly review and share a seasonal recipe and cocktail. Brent shares his wanderings in and out of his garden and we’re always on the lookout for new topics to discuss in Eye on the Garden.
Your Garden Dream
Taking a leisurely stroll through Eye of the Day can set the imagination on fire. We see our customers taking that stroll every day. The dreamy look in their eyes, the contemplative slow-walk they do through the terracotta low bowls, trying to decide what to plant in them, the recognition that the blue of that…
A touch of history
When we tell our friends and customers that we travel around the world looking for antiques, I’m sure that the first mental image is of armoires and farm tables. We, however, have something else in mind. Our bent is for those antiques particular to the outdoors like garden carts, old wheelbarrows, vineyard wagons. What if…
It’s the Water
Hand-carved French Limestone Fountain…Aged by Eye of the Day It’s true that we in Santa Barbara are a little spoiled when it comes to weather. We are just getting our first dose of Summer here and we do love our fountains! It’s an amazing time of year at Eye of the Day. When you enter…
The Top
Finials. Terracotta finials. Concrete finials. Stone finials. Round finials, flower-basket finials, pinecone, artichoke, urn-shaped finials. Animal finials. The object at the very top of a fountain from which the water flows is called a finial. I suppose any object could be termed a “finial” as long as it sits at the uppermost point on any…
Intagliatore di pietra misteriosa
The only research that bore fruit was a call to Luigi Silvestri. The ESTEEMED Luigi Silvestri of A. Silvestri Company in South San Francisco. I interrupted his lunch, but he told me that the sculptor’s name is Alberto Milani, a master Italian stone carver, no longer living. Luigi knows a lot about Italian sculpture and…
