tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post341322045122296475..comments2024-02-04T11:25:56.638-08:00Comments on The Mobile Factory: How I found Alexander Calder's Roxbury Homeunigamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998358357964163208noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-10372315414390035652023-02-17T17:39:27.001-08:002023-02-17T17:39:27.001-08:00If you want to see some more great photos of Calde...If you want to see some more great photos of Calder and the studio, you need to get the book by Pedro Guerrero, who took many photos in Roxbury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-2832361200340236232021-09-27T13:45:48.738-07:002021-09-27T13:45:48.738-07:00nice - we just went to a calder/picasso exhibit in...nice - we just went to a calder/picasso exhibit in atlantawlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421290103297676144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-79054981530195508442020-05-19T12:35:15.570-07:002020-05-19T12:35:15.570-07:00I am Alexander Calder's Great cousin who I nev...I am Alexander Calder's Great cousin who I never got to meet But His house is truly amazing. And I bet he was too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-52783489541758150302017-06-09T20:24:11.192-07:002017-06-09T20:24:11.192-07:00this made my daythis made my dayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-52470282328993983132017-01-30T08:01:24.240-08:002017-01-30T08:01:24.240-08:00Corrections that's Painter ridge road and 2 Ro...Corrections that's Painter ridge road and 2 Rod Hwy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-14805232384178323812017-01-30T07:49:28.468-08:002017-01-30T07:49:28.468-08:00Are you sure it's not the converted dairy barn...Are you sure it's not the converted dairy barn on Painter ridge road and Pickett road?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-49669495641018020712016-12-22T16:50:59.760-08:002016-12-22T16:50:59.760-08:00Our phone number in Roxbury could be dialed with 5...Our phone number in Roxbury could be dialed with 5 numbers well into the 1980's. Roxbury was always a few decades behind modern technology :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298002846075426481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-41661717587592689342015-10-15T09:17:44.467-07:002015-10-15T09:17:44.467-07:00Thank you so much for posting this! My mom adores...Thank you so much for posting this! My mom adores Calder and I can't wait to share this with her. My daughter's got to study Calder in 3rd grade, so happy about that. I really hope you get to see his home in person. - dpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-51951237498887361002015-07-29T13:38:23.242-07:002015-07-29T13:38:23.242-07:00I loved finding this post...I wish he was still wi...I loved finding this post...I wish he was still with us. I think his spirit flies through the sky above painter hill...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-88457104347073793892015-06-06T11:21:29.632-07:002015-06-06T11:21:29.632-07:00I drove past the Calder property earlier today. Su...I drove past the Calder property earlier today. Such a beautiful part of CT and it was a beautiful late spring day to enjoy it! Thanks for the great article. I'd love to get a look inside the studio even if his works are gone...just the energy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831099279066788598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-9155575102361496582013-10-28T10:34:56.707-07:002013-10-28T10:34:56.707-07:00Great news. I look forward to visiting.
Great news. I look forward to visiting.<br />Peter R. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226477053968721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-35535802718905747532013-10-28T10:33:08.712-07:002013-10-28T10:33:08.712-07:00I drove past the house yesterday totally by accide...I drove past the house yesterday totally by accident. There are signs posted on all the entrenches that it is a private property and to respect their privacy. It was an exciting surprise on a beautiful day in the Connecticut countryside taking photographs for my own project<br />Peter R. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226477053968721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-70895166690842842292013-04-16T05:40:16.755-07:002013-04-16T05:40:16.755-07:00Thanks so much for this information - very excitin...Thanks so much for this information - very exciting news!unigamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998358357964163208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-5592002257021031002013-04-12T13:34:34.573-07:002013-04-12T13:34:34.573-07:00I found your post while researching an article I&#...I found your post while researching an article I've just written about house museums - Calder's house will be open to the public next year, courtesy of the artist's foundation, Foundation Beyeler, various artists and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. I hope you can make it there! http://tinyurl.com/c3bdegaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-75083149733190590132013-01-25T11:50:04.668-08:002013-01-25T11:50:04.668-08:002032632286. Grew up just down the street. I was fo...2032632286. Grew up just down the street. I was fortunate to have been hired by Miller to cut his lawn a few times in the early 90s, when in high school. He would walk around his property (and town) sporting a baseball cap imprinted with "Salesman." Unfortunately, Calder passed away before I would have a chance to now HIS lawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-65364483154080594972012-08-02T22:18:07.210-07:002012-08-02T22:18:07.210-07:00Believe it or not, I went to a keg party at the Ca...Believe it or not, I went to a keg party at the Calder Estate when I was a teenager in about 1993. Although I was more interested in drinking beer and chasing girls at the time, I did know prior to the party the greatness of Calder, and was in awe of the mobiles and his then-untouched studio. I peered through those windows pictured above. It was an experience I'll never forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-77150210417411015922012-01-11T13:53:47.864-08:002012-01-11T13:53:47.864-08:00I am an art teacher in Old Saybrook, CT and found ...I am an art teacher in Old Saybrook, CT and found your article on line today. One of my 8th grade students will "become" Sandy Calder and give a talk about his life in a 5th grade classroom in the spring. I am just researching his mobiles in order to gather ideas for the hands-on lesson the 5th graders will create as part of the program. What a find!! This will be so much fun and if you ever get back to the relatives in O.S., visit the middle school. AnitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-57753965901440385102012-01-08T19:32:38.654-08:002012-01-08T19:32:38.654-08:00How wonderful to find your article !
He was dear f...How wonderful to find your article !<br />He was dear friends with my parents, I called him 'Uncle Sandy' and just drove by his house tonight on the way home!<br />I used to lie on the floor with him as a little girl and draw animals together...I loved him very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-88667626646171837332011-11-19T05:44:04.939-08:002011-11-19T05:44:04.939-08:00Oh, so nice that you found it.
I live close by an...Oh, so nice that you found it.<br /><br />I live close by and have driven by this house many times. If was always very inspiring to me. I knew a farmer a few houses down from Calders house and was invited into the farmer's kitchen one day and hanging above an old oak round table in the kitchen was a beautiful Calder mobile. I gasped and said... Look what you have! The farmer smiled and said "Yep, Sandy gave that to me. He used to sit at this table and play poker with me."Darihttp://worldstreams.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-54908695835374442402011-08-03T07:03:27.891-07:002011-08-03T07:03:27.891-07:00Thanks for the nice response! Please keep in min...Thanks for the nice response! Please keep in mind that this is a private residence, so please be respectful and keep your distance.unigamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998358357964163208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-58898295542108040392011-08-02T15:48:54.008-07:002011-08-02T15:48:54.008-07:00Dear Ugami,
I stumbled upon your website while tr...Dear Ugami,<br /> I stumbled upon your website while trying to get some information on visiting the Calder home. Your maps, pictures and guided tour were absolutely wonderful; thank you so much. <br /><br /> Kindest regards,<br /> DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-54860845563961357252011-05-19T20:47:30.236-07:002011-05-19T20:47:30.236-07:00Dear Unigami,
I hope someday you're able to co...Dear Unigami,<br />I hope someday you're able to complete your pilgrimage in person, although your "virtual" pilgramage was quite impressive!<br />As I grew up in an adjacent town, Calder became my favorite artist too. His unpretentious nature & the fact that he was as much of an engineer as artist make him an ever-facinating character to me. I always yearned for some sort of Calder original work of art and my dream came true about 15 years ago when I spotted an original print at a second hand furniture store in NYC. I paid about 1% of what it was worth and it's a cherished item to this day. On what would have been Clader's 100th birthday, the Town of Roxbury commissioned postage stamps in his honor & held a ceremony at the library. It was well attended by the town as well as Pedro Guerrero, Calder's preferred photographer. Mr. Guerro was also Frank Llyoyd Wright's preferred photog; he himself is a very accomplished genius. It was a magical afternoon, with several townspeople sharing their rememberanced of their beloved "Sandy". One of whom was a very old farmer who recounted stories about Sandy Calder giving him inumerable wire sculptures, all of which were eventully, tragically thrown out by Mrs. Farmer. After the old farmer completed his monologue, the town librairan who was acting as the MC cleverly tongue-and-cheek announced a dig at the town dump with metal detectors! Speaking of Frank Lloyd Wright, there is another "Roxbury Connection" involving Mr. Wright. After many of my pilgramges to Taliesen West, Wright's winter home & school in Arizona, I was facinated when a docent pointed out a never before known by me fact. Wright designed, although it was never built, a home for Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe which was to be built on their property in Roxbury. The building plans were sold many years later to a private country club in Hawaii for their new clubhouse.<br />Many thanks for sharing your great story!<br />Warm Regards,<br />Sean Bagley<br />seanbagleyus@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-11898482495901551322011-01-15T15:19:24.584-08:002011-01-15T15:19:24.584-08:00What an interesting story! Thank you for sharing ...What an interesting story! Thank you for sharing it. That is so unfortunate that she threw away those drawings...they would be worth a long of money today!unigamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998358357964163208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-54898660253654059772011-01-14T21:19:47.495-08:002011-01-14T21:19:47.495-08:00Your maps are wonderful, I can visualize the area ...Your maps are wonderful, I can visualize the area clearly as drawn. It's a beautiful area, our "Family Farm" was the next property up Painter Hill Road which was primarly operated by my Uncle John. <br /><br />My grandfather lived in Hamden, severe allergies kept him from working on the farm. Almost every weekendm my father and his sister would visit the farm, and stroll down to Chalder's barn to visit. <br /><br />Mr. Chalder always drew little sketches for them and proudly displayed on my Uncle John's walls. When Uncle John passed away (1972) my Aunt started to clean the house and threw all the pictures away! (about 5 or 6 large shoe boxes) A treaurse missed!Mike Picketthttp://www.mickpick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2880251232351738464.post-31557509052733799472010-10-18T10:02:43.109-07:002010-10-18T10:02:43.109-07:00Thank you! I am smiling with delight from your wo...Thank you! I am smiling with delight from your wonderful compliment!unigamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998358357964163208noreply@blogger.com