{"product_id":"richard-raffan-elm-burr-bowl","title":"Richard Raffan Elm Burr Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exquisitely patterned elm burr bowl, hand turned by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artandutility.co.uk\/collections\/all\/richard-raffan\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Richard Raffan\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eRichard Raffan\u003c\/a\u003e in England, 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl dates from an important early period in Raffan's career, when his work was helping to establish woodturning as a serious studio craft in Britain. In 1973 he was the only woodturner selected for the seminal exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/collections.craftscouncil.org.uk\/object-am438\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Poster for 'The Craftsman's Art', an exhibition organised by the Crafts Advisory Committee and held at the V\u0026amp;A, 1973.\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e'The Craftsman's Art' at the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum\u003c\/a\u003e, and by the end of the decade his work was being exhibited extensively through galleries and major craft exhibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully simple bowl, with something of an East Asian character, demonstrates why. Rather than competing with the extraordinary material, Raffan has turned the elm into a restrained form that allows the natural figuring of the burr to become its principal decoration. Swirling grain, knots and constantly changing patterns travel across the surface, making the bowl as compelling to examine closely as it is satisfying as a complete form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Raffan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62626400240003,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/9331\/1702\/files\/richard-raffan-hand-turned-elm-burr-bowl.jpg?v=1789564713","url":"https:\/\/www.artandutility.co.uk\/products\/richard-raffan-elm-burr-bowl","provider":"Art \u0026 Utility","version":"1.0","type":"link"}