Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot micmac curlicue basket With a little research I

With a little research I learned that these origami parasols were once a common craft among Japanese American women

which I purchased (along with a stunning architectural whimsy) from a terrific dealer at Todd Farm Flea Market in Rowley

plus he has these finely and emphatically painted eyebrows

gouache on paper

Jane Heald Mid-Century Very Fine Gray-Brown Pottery Weed Pot micmac curlicue basket With a little research IThere is not a lot out there about Jane Heald, the Pacific Palisades, CA potter (1916 1991) who created this gorgeous lilttle vase, which photos don't do justice, but an interview with Vivika Heino mentions her as being part of a workshop at UCLA, in 1953, taught by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, and notes that Heald, being the only one in the group with her own high fire kiln, fired pots for everyone in the workshop, including Hamada and Leach.