Bob Stocksdale believed a vessel must be both functional and beautiful. He did not allow the walls of his pieces to become too thin and never included cracks or blemishes. He explored a wide variety of colors and textures of wood, but his forms were always consistent, with only slight differences in height and shape.
“I do not turn bowls as thin as I could, for I try first to give the piece strength and durability and then thinness without fragility.” Bob Stocksdale, American Craft, 1988
- Title
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Bowl
- Artist
- Date
- 1986
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 3 5⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 x 5 1⁄4 in. (9.3 x 15.6 x 13.4 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Jane and Arthur K. Mason
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- Philippine ebony
- Classifications
- Object Number
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1991.169.7
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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