Accession Number
2002/2.184

Title
Emergence

Artist(s)
Geoffrey Wilkes

Object Creation Date
1998

Medium & Support
manzanita

Dimensions
11 13/16 x 7 in. (29.85 x 17.78 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen

Label copy
Dale Nish
Born 1932, Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Lives and work in Provo, Utah
Wormwood Vase
1997
Wormy ash
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen, 2002/2.172
Geoffrey Wilkes
Born 1951, Jacksonville, Florida
Lives and works in Gerrardstown, West Virginia
Emergence
1998
Manzanita
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen, 2002/2.184
Starting in the 1980s, woodturners developed a number of working methods that deemphasized wood’s natural appearance. Dale Nish uses worm-eaten ash as his signature material. The worm holes take the place of woodgrain patterning, which Nish further reduces by sandblasting and bleaching his turned vessels.
Geoffrey Wilkes works around his wood’s deformities and natural formations while highly polishing other areas. The resulting contrast of smooth and rough on dark-colored manzanita wood simulates the look of polished stone.
(Out of the Ordinary, 2010)

Physical Description
egg-shaped wood with natural burl, holes, pockets; polished and smoothed at edges

Primary Object Classification
Sculpture

Primary Object Type
abstract sculpture

Additional Object Classification(s)
Sculpture

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
wood (plant material)