Arts & Architecture, May 1961
Arts & Architecture, May 1961
“Tapestries and Mosaics by Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman”
1961
Evelyn designs and produces a mosaic wall panel, Women Under an Umbrella, which is selected by leading interior designer Henry End for the Carlton Towers Hotel, London.
1961
To make their work more visible to the design and architecture trades, the Ackermans move the ERA showroom to Melrose Avenue at San Vicente Boulevard. Pacific Design Center will later be built across the street.
California Design VI
California Design VI
Pasadena Art Museum, 1960
California Design VI
California Design VI
1960
Pasadena Art Museum
Pasadena, CA
1960
As ERA Industries grows, Jerome’s increasing responsibilities for design, production, and marketing necessitate the discontinuation of the Jenev ceramics line. The Ackermans’ daughter, Laura, is born.
California Design V
California Design V
Pasadena Art Museum, 1959
California Design V
California Design V
1959
Pasadena Art Museum
Pasadena, CA
1959
Evelyn experiments with the hand-hooking technique, leading to a group of designs for area rugs that are produced in Japan. Unable to compete with large rug manufacturers, they produce smaller pieces for use as wall hangings, adding new designs over the years.
1959
Evelyn designs and they produce their initial group of carved-wood bas-relief wall panels, the first of which is St. George and the Dragon. Jerome employs the multiple-spindle machine used in the furniture industry to rough out carvings that are hand finished.