The sculptural Pelican Bowl is not designed to be a utilitarian item. It is a hybridized design incorporating the pelican motif. This sculpture is a mixture of high-tech stainless steel and natural basalt stone, marked with the artists mark. This sculpture is completely of contemporary origin. I carved the stone bowl using a pneumatic hammer with a carbide bit and a high-speed grinder with a diamond wheel. The outside of the stone has been left with it's naturally formed contours.
The Pelican Bowl Sculpture is cradled within a burnished stainless steel form. The stainless has been tooled with a coarse sandpaper disk resulting in a contemporary and permanent finish.
The dark basalt bowl has a rich, vesciular texture. It is quite a dense material eventhough there are many gaseous voids in the matrix. The stone is quite hard and difficult to work.
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