Wallpieces

David M Bowman Studio


Current:

available at DMB Studio

all pieces currently showing

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Portfolio:

1990 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

2010 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

2020 2021 2022 2023


· Modular Wallpieces·

· Wallpieces with Faces·

· Reed's Wallpieces·

· Other Wall Hangings·


· Vases·

· Candlesticks·

· Menorahs·

· Tables·

· Sculpture·

· Fountains·

· Clocks·

· Christmas Ornaments·

· Jewelry·


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David M Bowman Studio
Box 738
Berkeley, CA 94701
510 845-1072
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Repoussé Faces

(this page under construction)

Although most of our work focuses on abstract, non-representational compositions, David has recently begun doing some figurative work in brass and copper, for the first time in more than twenty-five years. The masks are made freehand, by the process known as repoussé. No forms are used: rather, David hammers a sheet of copper into a firm sandbag, working from both sides, using different shapes of hammer and punch. The image builds slowly, over several rounds of hammering and reheating.


Single-Panel Wallpieces

We incorporate repoussé faces in larger wallpieces, where they are usually formed in fuller relief. These faces are individually numbered, separate from the wallpiece as a whole. Others, in lower relief, are made up as individual modular wallpiece tiles. For simple single-panel wallpieces, similar to our scrap wallpieces, David sometimes makes very small faces. Occasionally faces are incorporated into other sorts of piece as well, and we intend to continue using faces in new designs of all sorts. Follow the links below to see the faces in all these contexts.


Wallpieces


CuMen


Modular Wallpieces


Other Face Pieces

— All numbered wallpieces listed by year —
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023