Artwork Details
- Title
- Radish Salad Bowl
- Artist
- Date
- 1998
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall assembled with top closed: 55 5⁄8 x 21 x 21 in. (141.4 x 53.4 x 53.4 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1998, Craig Nutt
- Credit Line
- Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bleached maple, birch, and tupelo, with lacquer and dye
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Object — vegetable — radish
- Object — vegetable — pepper
- Object Number
- 1999.5A-L
Artwork Description
Craig Nutt's garden-inspired sculptures range from flying vegetable missiles to functional tables resting on asparagus spear legs. He uses a variety of woods in order to achieve different shapes, including tupelo, a harder wood that holds fine details well. In Radish Salad Bowl, his larger-than-life (12-inch diameter) ruby radish evokes images of competitions for oversized vegetables at county fairs. In his work, he combines accessible and fun imagery with expert carving craftsmanship.