Blooming Vessel

Chunghi Choo, Blooming Vessel, 2004, copper with silver-plating, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 2007.1
Chunghi Choo, Blooming Vessel, 2004, copper with silver-plating, 19 x 8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (48.3 x 20.3 x 18.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 2007.1

Artwork Details

Title
Blooming Vessel
Artist
Date
2004
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
19 x 8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (48.3 x 20.3 x 18.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
Mediums Description
copper with silver-plating
Classifications
Object Number
2007.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2007.1

Artwork Description

“I find inspiration from wherever or whatever comes to my mind. It could be a form from nature, a flower, and, most of the time, I take risks and venture out and sail from whatever is there. Some of the better pieces I produced this way contain a spark that brings the pieces to life.” —Chunghi Choo


Chunghi Choo’s vase suspends the moment just before a flower fully blooms. She achieves organic, spontaneous forms in metal with an electroforming process adapted from industrial design, in which copper adheres to the surface of a wax mold in an acid bath. The wax melts and leaves the hollow copper form. Choo then uses a similar process to plate the copper surface with silver.


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Works by this artist (3 items)

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Silo Filling
Artist
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal and crayon on paper
Not on view
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Lunette Corner (Silo Filling)
Artist
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal on paper
Not on view
Thomas Michael Savage, Butchering in Iowa, 1933, charcoal, crayon and pencil on paper mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.39
Butchering in Iowa
Artist
Date1933
charcoal, crayon and pencil on paper mounted on fiberboard
Not on view

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