H U N T IN G & G A T H E R IN G
“We were a couple of
t v
gals who knew
nothing about retail,” admits Marcy Carsey,
the co-owner of Just Folk, a gallery in Sum-
merland,
C A ,
that features traditional Amer-
ican folk and outsider art. Carsey and her
business partner, Susan Baerwald, had both
found 30 years of success as Hollywood
producers—Baerwald produced television
miniseries and movies of the week as a net-
work executive, while Carsey had her own
production company with business partner
Tom Werner, producing such hit televi-
sion series as
The Cosby Show, Roseau tie,
Cybil
and
Grace Under Fire
—when they de-
cided it was time to focus on another love:
the handmade.
The two first discovered their mutual
passion after meeting at a yoga class held
at Carsey’s Brentwood, CA, home. They
quickly became friends, and their many con-
versations while hiking in the Santa Monica
Mountains revealed they had much more
in common.
Carsey had always been attracted to
19th-century American furniture along with
what she refers to as “fun stuff,” such as
games, toys, whirligigs, tricycles and ve-
locipedes. She began collecting these objects
as soon as she had both the time and money.
“I love anything that brings a smile to my
face,” she laughs. “If it’s quirky, I like it. If
it’s handmade, I like it.”
Meanwhile Baerwald collected outsider!
Top left:
Five Blue Measures,
20th
century, wood, dia.
from largest to smallest:
14,12,10,8
,6
in.
Top right:
Paul Hart
The Revolution o f
Evolution,
wood, old
wheels, fan, 19 x 24
x 10 in.
Left:
Bill Traylor
Woman with Handbag
and Umbrella,
ca. 1932,
paint and graphite on
cardboard,
16
x 8 in.
dec/jan 10 american craft 061
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