Bob Stocksdale

Interest in turned wooden objects has grown considerably in the past decade, and woodturning is rapidly emerging as an art form in itself. Bob Stocksdale, a pioneer in the field, is unquestionably the "old master" of American turners. Self-taught, he has an uncanny instinct for the inner beauty of wood, which he reveals in his lathe-turned bowls. In recent years, his wife, Kay Sekimachi, has formed exquisite paper vessels molded around these wooden bowls. Their collaboration was the subject of a 1995 RISD Museum exhibition, Marriage in Form. In honor of the artists, Daphne Farago subsequently presented two bowls by Bob Stocksdale to the Museum.