Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's
Eugene Ray 1970's. photo credit: Tom Davis

Saturday, October 22, 2016

HARVEST & VINTAGE SEASON / the wine is made all over the world

+OCTOBER MEMORIES+
>our new orleans cavaroc family went to bordeaux<
>their origins, annually to assess the wine for their<
+(CAVAROC LINKS TO+
+BORDEAUX WINES+)
>importation business in new orleans and chicago<
>their many trunks in our garage was my memory<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HELOISE LAMOTHE+
>charles cavaroc's wife, my great grandmother<
>was from a large bordeaux vineyard tradition<
+(LAMOTHE VINYARDS+
+ORGANIC MEMORIES)+
>their were many lamothe wines and marianne<
>and i stayed in a >lamothe chateau hotel in 07<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FERNANDO ESTOPINAL+
>our >wizened cousin< relates to the cavaroc<
>lamothe clan >via the roy family< who also<
+(WISDOM IS THE+
+JOY OF >AGING)+
>relate to our early degruy n.o. french family<
>and their orient forest family in champagne<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
                                      
 +RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>is my wizened harvest season offering to<
>the kind souls of the world (you) / rudolf<
+GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>steiner, synchronistically & saint bernard<
>before had related vision / (fll wright etc)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+RADIANT GRAPHICS+
>the concept of >collage graphics combining<
>life and work came to me in california as a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / COLLAGE GRAPHICS)+
>result of using >mail art to link w/ family &<
>friends back in louisiana (blog is extension)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANT  FOREST+
>deep memory perhaps of our family homes<
>in the orient & barataria forests / >sansouci<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>trees spoke to us for ten years / >the vision<
>of a radiant architecture began in the ozone<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +RADIANT HEART+
>as a color, light, energy "synergetic<
>environ" as a >sound filled soothing<
+(LIGHT FILLED and+
+FABRIC >TENSILE)+
>world of wonders for children / this<
>prototype could be sold at "costcos"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +RADIANT HEART+
>although i designed this for children at<
>the children's hospital, today i think of<
+(PROTOTYPE HEART+
+CAN EARN MANY $(+
>my >granddaughter ashley< & >her dad<
>brett who could build this as a prototype)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANT ADOBE+
>this decentralized adobe is one of my first<
>california designs / the aged xerox print is<
+(BEDTOOMS (L), LIVING+
+DINING (C), STUDIO (R))+
>hard to read but important / 3 units spread<
>around a pool >cause the patio to be vital<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NOTE+this >home-hand made< adobe was<
>built in alpine, california as part of the vital<
"back to the earth" movement of the early 70<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+WHOLE EARTH CATALOG)+
>decade / "whole earth catalog" as reference<
>my several designs (domes also) were free<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 +RADIANT TENSILE+
>early fabric skinned airplanes were<
>tensile structures like sailboats and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ TENSILE STRUCTURE)+
>this >light weight design is a great<
>reference for economy architecture<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +RADIANT TENSILE+
>my devoted friend & student assistant of<
>this 1970s period, >ralph bowman was a<
+(GOOGLE : RALPH BOWMAN+
+> / "THE PAPER GALLERY")+
>fan of the swap meet / >this vintage map<
>is typical of >valuable refs we might find<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +RADIANT PROJECTS+
>later in the 1970s w/ the help of students<
>from my beginning class i constructed 3<
+(WE ALSO DESIGNED+
+LARGE PROJECTS IN+
+OCEAN BEACH, ETC)+
>projects free as public service projects &<
>this solana beach hair salon / >1 of them<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +PRIORY de SION+
>as a scholar of the >history< of my degruy<
>family (w/ links) in france much evidence<
+(BRESSE-GRUY-RAY-VERGY +
+ANCESTORS all >TEMPLARS)+
>ties them to the templars & priory de sion<
>jean cocteau >filled  his chapel w/ symbols<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+PRINCE OF PEACE+
>my attitude to >artist-architect< designed<
>architectural projects was encouraged by<
+(COCTEAU HAND MADE+
+THIS >RADIANT DOVE<)+
>cocteau, matisse & lecorbusier in france<
>(some may not know >corbu's paintings)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MY PASSION OF DISCOVERY+
+IN VILLEFRANCHE LINKED+
+TO FAMILY TEMPLAR-SION+
>(villefranche fortress and<
>ships were templar-sion,<
>as was cocteau's chapel)<
+HISTORY in ORIENT FOREST+
+VILLEFRANCHE, STENAY etc+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the degruy >barataria sugar mill<
>at new orleans was templar and<
>sion / >google my blogs on this<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / DOME SUGAR MILL)+
>also< 
+"KNIGHTS TEMPLAR"+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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