Artist:

Dixie Biggs, born Lafayette, IN 1956  Search this

Medium:

Jordan sugar maple

Dimensions:

7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (19.1 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm)

Type:

Decorative Arts

Crafts

Date:

2010

Exhibition Label:

“In each of my pieces I try to evoke the sense of tranquility that one often finds during a quiet walk in the woods.” —Dixie Biggs

Dixie Biggs illustrates the intricacies of nature with her wood forms. Biggs learned to carve from her mother and then taught herself woodturning in 1978.

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, 2022

Topic:

Object\foliage  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D.

Object number:

2021.66.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk709ab2e41-f731-41ae-a48c-537b74c4a373

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2021.66.5