Holiday gifts $50 to $100
It certainly makes a splash: The silicone Dropp! bowl by the design firm Menu. It’s 10.5 inches in diameter and available in gray, milk white, lime green, hot pink and baby blue.
$50, A+R, 171 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, and 1121 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, (800) 913-0071 (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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The Folk Music Center, a Claremont institution since 1958, says ukuleles are hot right now. A wall in the store is lined with different kinds -- pear-shaped, teardrop, cigar box. Owner Ellen Chase says you can get a good ukulele for $60, though top-of-the-line ukes made by hand with fine wood can run $1,000.
220 Yale Ave., Claremont, (909) 624-2928 (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Roger Lee’s vase shown with a bowl and hanging planter in the same finish. All the pieces shown here were bought for less than $100 at Platform, 5027 York Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 793-9037. The store also carries painted ceramics that Lee makes with Kat Hutter, who blogs under the name Paint + Clay. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Roger Lee, an apprentice to potter Adam Silverman at Heath Ceramics, has been finding an audience for his own designs, which include serving bowls and hanging planters with great palettes and textures. The vase pictured here was $68 at Platform, 5027 York Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 793-9037. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Angela Rossi gives vintage china amusing, hand-painted updates that run from the surreal (wildlife in Victorian garb) to the kitschy (pop culture icons such as Mr. T surrounded by floral frills).
$20 to $200 per plate, the Green Gypsie, 526 1st St., Claremont, (909) 260-5542 (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)