Craig Nutt - Portfolio 3

Asparagus Table

"If you bend a stalk of asparagus just right, it bears an uncanny resemblance to a Queen Anne cabriole leg. The opportunities for historical references are irresistable, as the impulse to refer to these pieces collectively as 'Vege Tables.'"

Green Asparagus Table w/Drawers, 1992, 42"w.X19"d.X30"h., Oil Paint On Carved Wood, Purpleheart Top Inlaid With Pau Amarello

"Whether expressed as furniture or sculpture, vegetables have provided me with a visually, and metaphorically rich and evocative vocabulary."

Corn Table, 1990, 18"w.X18"d.X23"h., Curly Maple Top, Oil On Carved Wood
Collection: High Museum of Art (Atlanta)

Corn Table

Corncorde

"Recently I have been involved with adapting that formal vocabulary to site specific applications, such as the ten-foot long "Corncorde" for the International Concourse of the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport . . ."

Corncorde, 1996, 10’w.X10’d.X3’h., Oil Paint On Carved Wood
Commissioned for: Hartsfield Atlanta International Concourse, Gate E-16

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