Large Lucite "Mother" Box
$2,400.00
This large, hand carved lucite box by Joyce Francis has extraordinary carvings. On the lid of the box, if you look closely at the first picture, the word MOTHER is carved, each letter taking the shape of something found in nature. Flowers and twigs and fern leaves are carved to create the letters M, O, E, and R. The T is a dragonfly, and the H is a butterfly! This box is lushly carved and dyed a gorgeous lavender. There are images of mother bird feeding her baby birds, a Kangaroo with her baby in a pouch, etc.
12" L , 7.5" D, 5.5 H
- Lid attaches magnetically
- Ships with insurance
Joyce Francis is a Manhattan based artist who hand carves Lucite using twenty five different sized dentist drills in a medium referred to as "cold carving". She is self-taught. Each box or bag is a one of a kind piece of art and they are all exclusive works for the store Blue Tree. There are no embedded objects in any of her work. Joyce's purses are in the permanent collection of costume exhibits at both the Victoria Albert Museum of London and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Joyce is also the winner of the prestigious Gladys Blum Award from The National Academy of Fine Arts.
- Please consider that each box is one of a kind and made entirely by hand and may have slight variations in carving and dimensions
- Lid attaches magnetically
- Ships with insurance