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Open Studio at Museum of Arts and Design

Please come visit me at the Musem of Arts and Design! I will be on the 6th floor every Sunday as a resident of the Open Studio Program producing my jewelry. You are invited to come by to watch me work and ask questions!!

Dates: Every Sunday from 11am to 5:30pm, September 12 to December 2nd, 2010
Address: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 tel 212.299.7777

Jewelry

I was at home today trying to escape the heat-wave and finish up a new set of jewelry for IKSV Design.

Front Page

Yasha Butler Ceramics was on the front page of Etsy! Yay!

New Work

I have been playing around with the idea of making a table setting. These are images of some test pieces.

A New Take on The Off-Circle Vessel

I am working on a new project!

I have been wanting to widen the lips of my Off Circle vessels. After a few unsuccessful trials of trying to construct these wide lipped bowls with the same method I had previously used, I decided to rethink my concept and technique. I realized that I wanted to create pieces that gave the sense of weight and heft, but in actuality were very light. Producing my Off Circle vessel as a double-walled form was the conclusion that I came to. Creating a vessel with double walls will give me the heavy look and light feel that I am going for. It will also solve my problem with constructing a wide lip. Hopefully...

Above are some images of the interior and exterior walls that I carved. I will create molds from these clay volumes, into which I will press thin slabs of clay.

Finishing The Bowl

...I continued carving the plaster. Once I achieved the shape that I had envisioned, I began to prep it for mold making. First, I applied three layers of a mixture of shellac and denatured alcohol. Secondly, I found the center line where the mold would come apart. Then finally, I built a clay wall up to this center line. After these steps I poured the plaster in two stages and created my beautiful mold!

After waiting a few days for the plaster mold to dry, I cast a bowl from it. Unfortunately, I was unhappy with the shape and volume of the resulting bowl. It lacked the flowing curves and delicate edges I was hoping to achieve.

It is now time to go back to the drawing board!