Bowl
Bowl
Artist
Bob Stocksdale
(1913 - 2003)
Date1993
MediumBlack walnut from California
Dimensions7 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. diameter (18.4 × 43.8 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2024.6
Signedburned on underside: Bob Stocksdale
Accession number
2024.6
On View
On viewLabel TextThis bowl serves up what Stocksdale called “the wealth of the grain.” The bowl’s simple foot, or base, provides a steady foundation for swooping patterns in the wood grain, which flow between the interior and exterior. Stocksdale devoted his career to turning bowls on a lathe, exploring “the shape of the inside” as much as the silhouette. He learned woodturning as a child and began making bowls in a Michigan forestry camp during World War II.
Este recipiente muestra lo que Stocksdale llamaba “la riqueza del grano”. La sencilla base o pie del recipiente proporciona un fondo estable para los patrones ondulados de la veta de la madera, que fluyen entre el interior y el exterior. Stocksdale dedicó su carrera a tornear recipientes, explorando “la forma del interior” tanto como la silueta. Aprendió a tornear madera cuando era niño y comenzó a fabricar recipientes en un campamento forestal de Michigan durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Markingsunderside, on sticker: 2614
