COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE

Carved by MARTIN COONEY 

Noah’s Ark / For Sale / The Maiden Collection / Colorado Yule Marble

15 x 9 x 6.5″ / 19.6 lbs / SN120202

Currently Displayed at The Martin Cooney STONEWORKS

121 Liberty Street, Council Grove, Kansas 66846

Please email martincooneysculptor@gmail.com for purchase details

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With his almost 20 lbs squeezed into such a tight footprint Noah’s Ark emits a confident air of compactness, and is emboldened by a certain degree of mystery hovering around perceived issues of stability.  Well, let me tell you however that, in regards to balance, this bowl is as stable as can be – thanks to the ample counterbalance that I secured into the base. Wobbly he is most definitely not!  And yet; that pitch, that keel !

The inspiration for this piece derived from a distinct childhood memory concerning a favorite attraction of mine located within the Blackpool Pleasure Beach, in North West England. This immensely popular amusement park boasted a giant “Noah’s Ark” that , if memory serves, was prone to rock and roll, blow and scare its patrons around at will once it got them inside.

And so it was that as the unlikeliness of this bowl began to present itself, with its precipitous lean and conforming shape, I soon began to think of it as a Noah’s Ark of my own.  For that lean is only possible due to the significant ballast hidden in this compact bowl’s tiny footprint.  Despite its improbable looking outline, this very white, very upright, compact bowl remains balanced no matter what sort of fruit is stowed aboard. As you will discover, is Oh so stable on the table that you too will think it a miracle; one of supreme balance, style and poise.

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COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE

Carved by MARTIN COONEY 

Noah’s Ark / For Sale / The Maiden Collection / Colorado Yule Marble

15 x 9 x 6.5″ / 19.6 lbs / SN120202

Currently Displayed at The Martin Cooney STONEWORKS

121 Liberty Street, Council Grove, Kansas 66846

Please email martincooneysculptor@gmail.com for purchase details

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