Honolulu sculptor John Koga is known for his whimsical creations in marble and plaster, and has been a part of Ralph Pucci for over a decade. Koga was immediately attracted to the new outdoor furniture designs by Patrick Naggar and Paul Mathieu, made in the Ralph Pucci mannequin factory on 18th Street. As with the mannequins, each of these Plasterglas designs starts as a clay model. Koga relished the opportunity to get his hands into clay, which he hadn’t worked with since preparing for his Master’s degree, visiting the studio over several weeks to create and edit prototypes. “I love this partnership, that we were able to create in this proprietary material, with the same feel of my plaster. It’s mindboggling. When I run my hand along the shapes of the lamps, I have the muscle memory -- these are how a John Koga form feels.” Koga joined Ralph Pucci in 2007

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