With the influx of some fellow regional mid century modern fanatics descending on this weekends 20th Cincinnati Show, it dawned upon me about a week prior that we could put in a little elbow grease and plan a little more fun to go along with the show. Susan & Arlen Rissover of Cincinnatimodern.com graciously opened the doors of their prominent mid century modern abode Saturday night to local CF3 members; Atlanta Northcrest moddies, including the folks at Home Sweet Split Level (now on the Blog List!), and Indianapolis moddies, including Atomic Indy.
Susan & Arlen's collection of modernism is outstanding and thorough, adding a heavy punctuation mark to the already manicured house. To quote Baz's tweet, "transcending from digital connections to real life handshakes" was a delight for all in attendance. Huge thanks to the Rissovers for their
generosity. Wendy made her way around the house to catch a few shots of the house. This is the living space next to the dining and kitchen areas, all part of one large space.
Looking back into the Kitchen.
Susan even made some fab Aalto Savoy cookies.
The PH5 anchors the dining space.
The main family room filled with modern bloggers.
Day 2 we opened our doors to fellow Indianapolis moddies and toured our small inventory of mid century moderns here in our neighborhood Paddock Hills before grabbing some grub at our local MCM Chinese restaurant. Then we ventured on a small driving tour of some Mid Century moderns along our route to 20th Century Cincinnati show. The first photo is of a Woodie Garber designed home in Amberley
We toured through Amberley Village and Wyoming, a couple of suburban hoods spotted with moderns. This second one is in Amberley Village, architect unknown to me.
Beautiful stone work and form on this modern in Amberley Village, architect unknown to me.
Abe Dombar in Amberley Village.
Usonian style Tonkins Residence by Frank Lloyd Wright in Amberley Village. Gotta love the integral glass block and red driveway.
Detail shot of the main entry.
Modern in Amberley Village, architect unknown to me.
Jim Alexander Residence, see here for more on this house in Wyoming.
Modern in Wyoming, architect unknown to me.
Nice California Mid Century Modern in Wyoming. I've been in this house and its amazing and simple, architect unknown to me.
Simple Eichler style modern in Wyoming, architect unknown to me.
Another Wyoming modern, most likely a Dombar.
Modern in Wyoming, architect unknown to me.
Modern in Wyoming, could be a Dombar, but not sure.
Modern in Wyoming, architect unknown to me.
Last but not least another little modern in Wyoming.
One of the great things about collecting is the surprise finds that lead down collection roads you had never noticed. One of the roads we've recently discovered is the world of modern art glass. It's one of those things that are surprising in how little you actually know about all things modern. I've always been a fan of Chihuly, had been familiar with Blenko, but until recently have come to know names such as Murano, Fenton, and Viking. 
I could say it all started with the piece to the left, my recent $4 thrift store score, but it really goes back to another thrift store score of a nice large Polish Art Glass piece found almost 2 years ago. This 8" Turquoise bowl sat lonely on the bottom shelf for weeks, I walked by it multiple times, referred Wendy to stop by and look, then finally without warning, it jumped off the shelf into my hand. I mean how can you resist a hefty colorful piece? 
After the thrift purchase and some online research I was hooked, we needed to build our collection some so we headed up to Waynesville Antique Mall (be sure to check them out on Facebook) and purchased a few more pieces. I was shocked at the variety and selection we found of modern art glass there. This gray vase stands as the anomaly to our small collection.
Another Waynesville Antique Mall purchase. The glass with the bubbles makes me a little bubbley myself.
Green is our default house color, we had to make sure to keep with the rhyme scheme. This too was purchased at Waynesville Antique Mall.
And last but not least is the latest entrant into the collection. I think this piece might be real Murano, I've understood that the gold flecking was a trademark move by Murano makers. That with the spiraling air bubbles leave no doubt in the craftsmanship and work that went into this little piece. This was our lone purchase at the 20th Century Show this year. Be sure to check out some more photos from the show on our Facebook Page.
