{"id":132,"date":"2012-07-24T19:26:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T23:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2012-07-24T19:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T23:26:40","slug":"working-with-drop-molds-with-chris-pickett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/working-with-drop-molds-with-chris-pickett\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with drop molds with Chris Pickett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The web site is the 21st-century&#8217;s\u00a0business card. UF\u00a0Ceramics MFA alumnus Chris Pickett has a snappy new web site designed by UF Graphic Design student <a title=\"Marisa Falcigno graphic design studio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asirastudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marisa Falcigno<\/a>. Marisa worked as a graphic designer before deciding to return to school for MFA study. She&#8217;s been a great consultant and designer for many people affiliated with Ceramics, and assisted Masters Art Education alum Jeni Hansen with her K-12 ceramics resource site for teachers, <a title=\"Oh Happy Clay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohhappyclay.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oh Happy Clay!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris&#8217;s new\u00a0site includes a fun <a title=\"Chris Pickett process page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chrispickettceramics.com\/process\/\" target=\"_blank\">process page <\/a>that shows how Chris handbuilds\u00a0his work using drop molds made from foam insulation. It&#8217;s a variation on forming slabs that uses shallow cut-outs to slump soft slabs into curved forms. I&#8217;ve seen people use plywood forms, but the stiff foam insulation sheets are easy to cut and\u00a0light-weight. It&#8217;s a flexible method of adding volume in shapes to slab-building. Ceramics Monthly had a nice article about Chris&#8217;s methods in Dec. 2011. Chris is inspired by inflatable toys, mid-20th century modern furniture designers, and the seduction of touch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pickett-Thesis16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135\" title=\"Pickett-Thesis16\" src=\"http:\/\/lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pickett-Thesis16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pickett-Thesis16.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pickett-Thesis16-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Pickett-Thesis16-440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Pickett drop-molded tray, cone 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The web site is the 21st-century&#8217;s\u00a0business card. UF\u00a0Ceramics MFA alumnus Chris Pickett has a snappy new web site designed by UF Graphic Design student Marisa Falcigno. Marisa worked as a graphic designer before deciding to return to school for MFA study. She&#8217;s been a great consultant and designer for many people affiliated with Ceramics, and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/working-with-drop-molds-with-chris-pickett\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Working with drop molds with Chris Pickett<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceramic-tech-info","category-design","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2xO7A-28","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lindaarbuckle.com\/lindaarbuckle-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}