Share this on

Advanced Studies

What's better than getting an A for your final college project? Getting paid for it.

Mark McMenamin -- Interior Design, 10/1/2011 4:34:00 PM

Michal Fargo

What's better than getting an A for your final college project? Getting paid for it. Just ask ceramist Michal Fargo, who promptly parlayed her ceramic designs from Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design into merchandise for Fargo Design. The studio now produces her creations for distribution far beyond the classroom.

On a quest for unusual ceramic surfaces, Fargo devised a technique that divides a standard mold into parts. It took 14 to cast the rugged relief of the Naïve pendant fixture's porcelain shade, based on an old-school style. For the Else series of sculptures and vessels, she dispenses with molds entirely. She instead dips 1-inch-thick sponges into a bath of slip, then assembles them into translucent, free-form silhouettes. Ultimately, she expects to broaden her repertoire to architectural tiles-a natural diversification, given the sound-absorbing properties of spongey ceramic. 972-542549336; wix.com/kiltbanana/fargo.

Share this on

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

On Top of the World

From the Magazine:
The Cape Farewell Project has shepherded artists, writers, and musicians on seven expeditions up to the High Arctic region and one expedition down to the Andes.
+Read the Article

These Boots Were Made for Walking

From the Magazine:
It's a fashion milestone. The 148-year-old Frye Company, a 6,000-square-foot flagship in a century-old cast-iron factory in New York.
+Read the Article

Spa in the Sky

From the Magazine:
Built in 1970, the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane was the Canadian chain's first European property-defining the brand with the help of a prestigious Mayfair address. Now, as part of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts's 50th-anniversary celebration worldwide, the London mid-rise has undergone a major overhaul.
+Read the Article

VIEW ALL GALLERIES