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Krista Israel visual artist

Lapi Boli Project

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​1st Session throwing pâte de verre on the potterswheel
​@ JAEA Ceramic Art Centre residency in China - 2017

photography - Liu Peng

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, 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 - Ayako Tani (glass artist and researcher), Hao Ran Zhu (ceramic artist), Hans de Kruijk (glass technologist), Wilma Hornsveld (ceramic artist).
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1st results Lapi Boli @ JAEA Ceramic Art Centre China residency in China - 2017
pâte de verre thrown on the potterswheel, glasspowder, binding agent, 
ceramic artist - Hao Ran Zhu
7 x 7 x 4 cm (green and black), 10 x 10 x 5 cm (grey)
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Microscopy - technological research - 2018
microscopic photo's of the surface and inside of glass objects, photography - Hans de Kruijk, glass technologist
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Vases - multi color - 2019
5 - 7,5 cm high, 
ceramic artist Wilma Hornsveld
photography - Steven van Kooijk Photography (studio photo's) and Krista Israel; video - Inger Israel; video editing - AHVES
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Cup and vase - black and white 
​- 2019

pâte de verre thrown on the potter wheel by
 Krista Israel
​9 x 9 x 4 cm, 5 x 5 x 5 cm

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Free form - 2020
pâte de verre thrown on the potters wheel by Krista Israel
6 x 6 x 5 cm




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