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PROPHET OF
PLASTER
BY ZAHID SARDAR MAKERS
A Bay Area craftsman’s low-relief impasto
techniques elevate gypsum, clay, slaked lime
and marble aggregate to the level of art.
Rye Hudak works at his
Oakland studio under a strong
light so he can see textures
forming in wet plaster.