Gallery 2006
I was happy with the outcome for this 17" by 7" bowl I
titled Anemone which came to me as
I considered the form of a bowl growing out of a bowl growing
out of a bowl. The flaired rim was reminiscent to me of a sea
anemone
fully opened.
I was particularly pleased with the award since this particular
piece of spalted ambrosia maple had become quite punky, and it was not
at
all easy to achieve the desired finish.
The Creative Arts Guild patron who purchased this piece visited my
booth at the outdoor exhibit and noticed the 18" by 10" sycamore vessel
(below right) which had not been entered in the indoor exhibit.
This starving artist could certainly understand the concept of not
being able to purchase both, so we struck a win-win bargain. He
and his wife now enjoy the vessel in their home and my wife gets to
brag about the winner on her coffee table.
Don't you love it when a plan comes together?
If it holds
soup it's a bowl.
If it doesn't it's ART!
I displayed this spalted sweetgum bowl almost all season at the
Chattanooga Market where it attracted a great deal of attention and
many compliments. I placed it in the Artworks Artisan Centre
in Hiawassee, Georgia on the Friday after Thanks Giving, and two days
later one of those season long admirers came to Chattanooga Market
expressly to purchase it. I was able to retrieve it, and, as they
say, "All's well that ends well."
This sweetgum natural edge closed form came from an elbow in a
relatively small limb, about 7 inches in diameter. It was one of
my personal favorites of the year.
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