Cup and vase - black and white 
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2019
pâte de verre in the Lapi Boli technique
throwing technique by project director - Krista Israel

Vases - multi color
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2019
pâte de verre in the Lapi Boli technique
throwing technique by project assistant - Wilma Hornsveld

​Lapi Boli Project

During a residency in China september 2017, I found myself influenced by a new work environment. The glass studio was based in Jingdezhen, the porcelain heritage city of the world. I was submerged in a foreign world, but this new environment led me to a new idea: throwing pâte de verre on a potters wheel, a cross-over between glass and ceramics. We named it “Lapi Boli.” Lapi is the Chinese word for the ceramic throwing technique; boli is the word for glass. Research to develop the technique and reassessing the old technologies will be conducted with the assistance of Ayako Tani (UK/JP) - glassartist/researcher, Hans de Kruijk (NL) - glass technologist (retired) Royal Leerdam Glass Factory (NL), Hao Ran Zhu (CHN, 2017) and  Wilma Hornsveld (NL, 2018-2019) - ceramic artists.

The project is selected for New Glass Review 39, 2018 and New Glass Review 40, 2019 by Corning Museum of Glass - USA. Curator Anjali Snirivasan - Curators Perspective New Glass Review 39: '.... The Lapi Boli project by Krista Israel, Ayako Tani and Hao Ran Zhu, included in this issue of New Glass Review, reminds me that reassessing even the oldest technologies can generate pathbreaking shifts in habits and change preconceived notions about proces'.

project director - Krista Israel
project assistants, research - Hans de Kruijk (NL), Ayako Tani (JP/UK)
project assistants, throwing technique - Hao Ran Zhu (2017), Wilma Hornsveld (2018 - 2019)
powdered glass, natural binder
largest - 7 x 5,5 x 5,5 cm
photography - Steven van Kooijk Photography, Liu Peng, Krista Israel 
video - Inger Israel
video editing - AHVES

Cups
2017
throwing technique by project assistant  - Hoa Ran Zhu

Vases
2018, 2019
throwing technique by project assistant - Wilma Hornsveld

New Glass Review 39
2018

Microscopic images
2018
research, project assistant - Hans de Kruijk

Lapi Boli Project @ New Glass Now exhibition, Corning Museum of Glass
2019

New Glass Review 40
2019