Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- April Surgent makes portraits of the ocean with the traditional craft of cameo engraving. This slow, intentional process contrasts the drive for speed and innovation in contemporary life. Wave prompts a closer look at ancient and vulnerable marine ecosystems. Small red flecks below the water’s surface represent the destructive and ever-growing presence of plastics in the ocean.
- This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- April Surgent
- Date
- 2021
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gwen and Jerome Paulson in honor of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft
- Copyright
- © 2021, April Surgent
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- 18 × 36 × 3/4 in. (45.7 × 91.4 × 1.9 cm)
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
