Asta Bubliene
Asta Joana Design
Kew Gardens, New York

Website
www.astajoana.com
www.etsy.com/shop/astajoanadesign

Email
astajoanaceramics@gmail.com

Studio Description
I like to combine simplicity and opulence in my designs and for decoration to follow and enrich the form of the object. In my pottery, I match organic forms and motifs with geometric ornaments and abstract designs—flowers, birds, trees—in a diverse range of influences. Nature plays a large role in my inspiration, as well as historical Japanese ceramics and art, and Art Nouveau period art.

I work on a potter’s wheel with stoneware clay. Delicate thin lines are applied using mishima technique at the greenware stage and both underglaze and glaze decoration are added at the bisque stage. Each piece is then fired in an electric kiln in an oxidation atmosphere to cone 6.