Stratum Pot #3 Yale University Art Gallery

1998

David Ellsworth developed a technique known as hollow turning, in which bent-shaft cutting tools were used to create hollow forms with wide bodies and narrow rims. He then began applying this technique to wood that was distressed or had natural flaws. In making this vessel, he retained the rough, natural edge of the opening of the wood and contrasted it with a smooth, regular surface. It took remarkable skill to leave the fissured opening intact during the turning process. Ellsworth then used black ink to highlight the natural irregularities of the wood.

Medium: Maple with spalting highlighted with black ink
Dimensions: 5 1/2 × 8 in. (13.97 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason in memory of George Zachary Mason, M.F. 1911
Accession Number: 2002.122.2
Geography: Made in Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Containers
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Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2002," in "The Original Work of Art: What It Has to Teach," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2003), 145, ill.

Object copyright

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pots

Marks

"1998/Ellsworth/"Stratum pot" #3/Maple"

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