Water Catcher
Object NameSculpture
Maker
Joey Kirkpatrick
(American, b. 1952)
Maker
Pilchuck Glass School
Maker
Flora C. Mace
(American, b. 1949)
Made FromGlass, Wire, Enamel, Wood
Date1984
TechniqueMold-blown, engraved, enameled, and assembled; cut, peeled and stained wood, slate
SizeOverall H: 94.5 cm; Base W: 15.3 cm, D: 15.3 cm
Accession Number85.4.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Contrasts: A Glass Primer
Interpretive NotesJoey Kirkpatrick, a painter, and Flora Mace, a sculptor, have spent 30 years collaborating on the creation of vessels and sculptures in wood and glass. Whether they are making studies of birds in glass, blowing giant glass fruits, or creating wood torsos that contain glass vessels, all of their artistic activity reflects their deep experience of, and relationship with, nature. For this sculpture, the wood arms were gathered, peeled, formed by the artists using steam, and stained. The wood element refers to land or home (the forest), while the vessel symbolically holds a life-giving substance (water).
United States, WA, Stanwood
Provenance
Provenance information not currently available online. Please check back in the coming weeks.
1684