Drawing for SAM’s Silver Service Commission
2008
"I constantly relate my drawing and my two-dimensional skill of engraving and chasing to three-dimensional form….The drawing is a point of departure, but a craftsman should always listen to the metal as he works it. I am fascinated by what can happen to a surface that brings out another aspect of drawing. Lines, whether they’re put down with a pencil, a chasing tool or an engraving tool, play with the eye and allow the eye to dart in and out. What’s especially nice with metal is that you can engrave a line into the piece of metal and then light makes it." (John Marshall, 1990-1991)
Color pencil, pencil, dry marker, water color, tempera paint
Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Endowment for the Decorative Arts
2009.37.7