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David Nash uses nature as part of his creative process. 'Cracking Box' is made from six slices of green oak that were pegged together. As the wood dried out in the gallery, the sides of the box cracked, forming its own channels in the wood. Nash explains, 'A geometric order has been applied to the wood, an order that we can recognise – a square box – then the behaviour of the material as it dries, breaks that order, challenges it.'

Sheffield Museums: Graves Gallery

Sheffield

Title

Cracking Box

Date

1979

Medium

oak

Measurements

H 60 x W 49 x D 53 cm

Accession number

VIS.5302

Acquisition method

gift, 1986

Work type

Sculpture

Sheffield Museums: Graves Gallery

Surrey Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1XZ England

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Artist or maker

David Nash

b.1945

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