{"id":8026,"date":"2021-02-09T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8026"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:02:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:02:32","slug":"casemaking-moth-on-ceramic-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8026","title":{"rendered":"Casemaking Moth on Ceramic Vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I turned on the light over my work bench and found on oddity.<\/p>\n<p>This little vessel has been hanging in my studio for decades. I fired the piece multiple times. Before the last firing, I bound it with wire and applied low fire lead glazes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ClayPieceCasemakingMoth_IMG_9760.jpg\" alt=\"Casemaking moth on ceramic vessel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The oddity is a casemaking moth. What is it eating? Clearly not the glaze because typically the case that the casemaking moth construction will be the color of whatever it has eaten.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ClayPieceCasemakingMoth_IMG_9758.jpg\" alt=\"Casemaking moth on ceramic vessel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently looked through my stash of wood objects to use as an addition to a piece. The boxes were wrapped in plastic and stored in a wood bench. When I opened the drawer I found a green casemaking moth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CasemakingMothGreen_IMG_9606.jpg\" alt=\"Green casemaking moth inside drawer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How did it even get inside? No clue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CasemakingMothGreen_IMG_9607.jpg\" alt=\"Green casemaking moth inside drawer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have cleaned my studio numerous times to remove the niches the moths like\u2013undisturbed dark areas with fiber and plant material. <\/p>\n<p>I have been forced to keep my stored completed work, work in progress and fiber materials in plastic. But, I can still find casemaking moths. It is frustrating, especially when I find that they have damaged something of value.<\/p>\n<p>I use two methods for treating pieces and materials\u2013place them in the freezer or someplace that becomes quite hot, like the trunk of a car.<\/p>\n<p>The freezer shelf that is set aside for materials and work.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Freezer_IMG_2610.jpg\" alt=\"Freezer shelf for work and materials\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently found a casemaking moth on a wool I-cord that had been an embellishment for a rooster lamp that has been sitting on the china cabinet for nearly 15 years. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/RoosterLamp_IMG_2616.jpg\" alt=\"Rooster lamp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He looks lost without it.<\/p>\n<p>I washed the I-cord in warm soapy water. Gave it a rinse, popped it in a plastic bag, and placed it in the freezer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/IcordFrozen_IMG_2612.jpg\" alt=\"Wet frozen I-cord\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I turned on the light over my work bench and found on oddity. This little vessel has been hanging in my studio for decades. I fired the piece multiple times. Before the last firing, I bound it with wire and applied low fire lead glazes. The oddity is a casemaking moth. What is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8026\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Casemaking Moth on Ceramic Vessel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,35,24,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-ceramics","category-fiber","category-insects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8026"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8035,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8026\/revisions\/8035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}