Artwork Details
- Title
- Red Bud
- Artist
- Date
- 1996
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- clasped: 17 1⁄8 x 6 x 1 3⁄4 in. (43.5 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm) unclasped: 29 x 2 x 1 3⁄4 in. (73.7 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist in memory of Nancy Wardwell
- Mediums Description
- fabricated, cast, and oxidized sterling silver and glass beads
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1998.64
Artwork Description
In Red Bud, Torin Richards shows how simple forms can enrich each other. She used a botanical illustration of a magnolia bud and a cluster of berries as a model. For the artist, the juxtaposition recalls poison berries, snow-covered branches, a thorn-bearing plant, as well as the gray of earth and sky in winter. She hopes that these recognizable forms will evoke personal associations in the viewer.