Bob Stocksdale
Bob Stocksdale | |
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Born | Robert Stocksdale 1913 Warren, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | January 6, 2003 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Woodturner |
Spouse | Kay Sekimachi (m. 1972–2003, death) |
Bob Stocksdale (1913 – January 6, 2003)[1][2] was an American woodturner, known for his bowls formed from rare and exotic woods. He was raised on his family farm[2] and enjoyed working with tools. His wife of more than 30 years, Kay Sekimachi, stated that, "His grandfather gave him a pocketknife, and he started to whittle. That's how it started."[2]
Life
According to an oral history he recorded at the University of California Bancroft Library, Stocksdale powered his first lathe with a surplus Maytag gasoline washing machine motor. He turned baseball bats and spindles among early projects. After graduating from high school, he worked in a factory making wooden paddles used by cracker bakers. Later he worked in a factory that made cedar chests. His job was to assemble the chests from the pre-cut wooden pieces.[3]
He was drafted into the Army in 1942. Like two of his three brothers, he claimed conscientious objector (CO) status during World War II because he believed war never solved anything. He spent World War II in several CO camps[1][2] doing forestry work. It was at a camp in Michigan where Stocksdale turned his first bowl on a lathe.[1][2] This brought him to the West. He was encouraged in his woodturning efforts by Helen Winnemore, the owner of a crafts gallery in Columbus, Ohio.[4]
After the war, Stocksdale moved to Berkeley, California in 1946, one year after Gump's in San Francisco began showing his work. Stocksdale was one of the earliest members of the Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Inc. (ACCI) on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, California. His first solo exhibition followed in 1958 at the Long Beach Museum of Art.[2] He bought a Victorian duplex in South Berkeley, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. He put together a shop of modest tools in his basement, and there turned out work for more than 50 years[2] that gradually earned him acclaim and fame as a woodturner. He was a friend, and sometime collaborator, of Sam Maloof.[2]
Stocksdale died on the January 6, 2003, at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, California from complications of prostate cancer. He was 89. He was survived by second wife, Kay Sekimachi, a famous weaver and craft artist;[5] a daughter, Joy, a noted fabric designer,[6] of Sebastopol, California; a son, Kim, of Los Angeles; and a sister-in-law, Marge Stocksdale of Huntington, Indiana.[2]
Works
His work was included in the American exhibit of the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair and has been recognized internationally for fine design and workmanship. His many honors include the American Association of Woodturners Lifetime Achievement Award (1998) and the Masters of the Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance (2003). Stocksdale received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 1995.[7]
Stocksdale's bowls are prized by collectors. They have been shown in Europe and Japan, and they appear in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,[8] the Oakland Museum,[2] Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen" (PDF). Columbus, GA: Columbus Museum. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer (13 January 2003). "Bob Stocksdale -- master woodworker". SFGate.
- ^ "Oral history interview with Bob Stocksdale, 2001 February 16-March 21" ([better source needed]).
- ^ "Helen Winnemore Craft - Our History". Archived from the original on 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ "MARRIAGE IN FORM: Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi".
- ^ "Joy Stocksdale". Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ "Bob Stocksdale | American Craft Council". Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ "To Turn the Perfect Wooden Bowl - the Lifelong Quest of Bob Stocksdale by Ron Roszkiewicz | skoob". www.skoob.com.sg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
External links
- joystocksdale.com
- Oral history interview with Bob Stocksdale, 2001 February 16-March 21 from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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