Stone Eater / Alain Mailland
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.80
- Title
- Stone Eater
- Artist
- Alain Mailland
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- born, Ivory Coast, Africa, 1959
- Medium and Support
- elm burl, Italian stones
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Uze's
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Uze's
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
- Dimensions
- 43.2 cm x 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm (17 in. x 12 in. x 12 in.)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- carving
- Physical Description
- Turned-wood sculpture composed of a cluster of small jar-like vessels with stones embedded througout
- small hollow vessels with stones, joined into one whole
- Subject Matter
- After taking a course in woodturning, Alain Mailland established his own woodworking shop devoted to cabinetry, stairs, and verandas. In the early 1990s, he turned his focus solely to wood art, specializing in greenwood hollowing because “it’s a live material…and it later changes shape in an interesting way.” He quickly gained a reputation for his unique work and for turning some of the most difficult pieces created.
- Complex and intricately carved, The Stone Eater is exemplary in its technical achievement. Each small vessel was individually turned, and yet the piece as a whole is still a single block of wood. It shows just how far Mailland is prepared to push the limits of technical skill.
- The overall effect is one of a barnacle-like sea organism.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- objects we use
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1609 x 2041
- File Size
- 152 KB
- Record
- 2003/2.80
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-2.80/2003_2.80.jpg
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"Stone Eater; Alain Mailland." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-2.80/2003_2.80.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.