Ontwerp voor een zilveren fruitschaal 1911

This is Mathieu Lauweriks' design for a silver fruit bowl, made with pencil on paper. What I love about seeing a design like this, is imagining the artist figuring it out, mark by mark, on the page. I'm thinking about Lauweriks here, pencil in hand. This isn't a painting, but it is a drawing and I find myself wondering, how does the precision of the lines inform the imagined object? The geometry is so satisfying, each circle and line perfectly measured, constructing a site of inquiry for the artist and now, for us. I am imagining the weight of silver and the smooth polished surface. This feels very different from when I’m painting, where I can make a mess and then wipe it all away, starting again and again. I’m sort of jealous of Lauweriks’s confidence here. It makes me want to be more exact and more measured, maybe I'll make a fruit bowl.