C Cup Gourd Bowl W21 this Bread & Butter Plate

this Bread & Butter Plate was created exclusively for Alice Waters' iconic Chez Panisse restaurant in 2006

At once versatile and understated

Round and stately

I’m using distinct geometry to highlight how the water collects and runs out

C Cup Gourd Bowl W21 this Bread & Butter PlateThis piece is cast in solid bronze by Nancy Pearce in her studio in Los Angeles, California. In Pearce's words "I seek to create an archive of everyday objects by casting them in durable solid bronze so that future archaeologists will have a few pieces of the puzzle to decode from my limited time on earth starting in the 1970s. When the original objects are long gone, the bronze artifacts will remain"