Phoenix Bowl Series

In the Phoenix Bowl Series, I literally take a wooden bowl and place it momentarily in the flame of a blowtorch to create some charcoal and then with the bowl I start to draw an image of itself. This process of burning and drawing is repeated over and over again and with each cycle the wooden bowl gradually disappears leaving behind a two-dimensional image of itself – transforming reality into abstraction.

Eric Snell

Phoenix Bowl #15

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
96 x 115 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #14

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
96 x 115 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #9

Burnt wood on plaster
41 x 41 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #6

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
102 x 153 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #7

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
102 x 153 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #8

Burnt wood/charcoal on paper
102 x 153 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #1

Burnt wood/charcoal on canvas
180 x 300 cm
1991

Phoenix Bowl #2

Burnt wood/charcoal on canvas
110 x 190 cm (approx.)
1991

Phoenix Bowl #3

Being moved in
Guernsey Studio
180 x 300 cm
1991