The Art of High School Dropouts

Here at studio e gallery in Georgetown, Curtis Steiner's Tobey in Blue. JG
Curtis Steiner has an eponymous store in Ballard where every object has a story. Hundred-year old tattoo flash hides in the drawers. A pleated silk Fortuny Delphos gown descends like a waterfall. Jewelry is made of carved gambling chips, or ancient Roman glass, or 1940s Lucite formed in the shape of a cube of ice clasped in tongs, ready to be dropped into a cocktail.The store has an air of refinement, but not the kind ear