Bowl, 1992
Virginia Dotsonexpand_more
Laminated birchexpand_more
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauserexpand_more 2008.109.5
Not on Viewexpand_more
Though she was born into a family of musicians, Dotson chose to study art at Arizona State University and Wellesley College. She believes that music - especially by string quartets--helps her visualize and generate creative ideas. Dotson works primarily with laminated woods, which she creates by cutting pieces of wood to various thicknesses, gluing them together to form a block, then cutting and recombining before turning it on the lathe. The two pieces shown here are relatively early examples of her laminate work.
Dotson is continually inspired by the landscape of Arizona, her adopted home. She writes, "I interpret images of these landscape features through the materials that I use. Layered wood implies rock layers, built up over time. Acrylic can represent space, light or water. Angled compositions of wood layers may refer to shadow patterns or to traces of the winds."
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- Title
- Bowl
- Artist Life
- born 1943
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2008.109.5
- Curator Approved
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