BOWL, DECORATIVE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact12856
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOOD-TURNED
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P20120019000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOOD-TURNED
- Date
- 2009
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 13
- Diameter
- 31
- Description
- WOOD-TURNED BOWL, MADE OF POPLAR. WOOD IS HONEY-COLOURED, WITH DARKER KNOTS AND GRAIN. TWO DARKER, INCISED RINGS ON OUTSIDE OF BOWL’S RIM. TEXT MARKED ON BOTTOM OF BOWL READS "BRYAN MATTHEWS, POPLAR, L.A. 1.04.09".
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- DOMESTIC
- History
- THIS BOWL WAS CRAFTED BY BRYAN MATTHEWS OUT OF WOOD SOURCED FROM A POPLAR (COTTENWOOD) TREE THAT GREW OUTSIDE THE GALT MUSEUM BUILDING FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 YEARS. THE TREE WAS CUT DOWN ON APRIL 17, 2008, AS PART OF THE MUSEUM’S STRATEGIC REVITALIZATION OF ITS PUBLIC ENTRANCE AND SURROUNDING ROADWAYS.
- ON 7 MARCH 2022, GALT CURATOR TYLER STEWART CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH BOWL CREATOR BRYAN MATTHEWS IN ADVANCE OF A 2022 GALT EXHIBIT ON TREES, TITLED “ROOTED: HOW TREES GIVE US LIFE”. TO ACCESS A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW, AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION ON THE BOWL, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20120019000
- Acquisition Date
- 2012-06
- Collection
- Museum
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