Handling a Bench
By Carol Fleming of Studio Terra Nova and Walter Gunn
Category: Sculpture
About
The wood seat is a reference to a car door handle of a ’53 Lincoln. Underneath the bench are writings collected from the community and engraved into the wood with a burnishing iron.
Dimensions: 8′ x 2′ x 2′
Year Completed: 1999
Material: Ceramic stoneware base and mahogany wood
Owner: City of Clayton
About the artist:
Carol Fleming of Studio Terra Nova and Walter Gunn
Carol Fleming received her Master of Fine Arts from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1987 and created her first studio in Maplewood, Missouri in 1988. She now lives and works in Ladue, Missouri.
