Description
Finger Bowl
Item: SN140201
Price: $8,400
Material: Colorado Yule Marble
Measurements: 16 x 9 x 29 inches
Weight: 40.2 lbs
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Carved during a snowstorm in Woody Creek, Colorado, Finger Bowl began as a frozen L-shaped quoin of Colorado Yule Marble—buried beneath the winter ground and pried free under falling snow. The block, stiff with cold and difficult to extract, soon revealed a fluid, dreamlike interior that inspired the sculpture’s ethereal final form.
As Martin Cooney carved, subtle veining in the marble evoked the shifting view from a ship’s lookout—mist rolling in, clouds forming in motion. For a time, he even referred to the piece as Sea Mist, drawn to the atmospheric effect that deepened under changing light.
Remarkably, Finger Bowl weighs just a tenth of the original block it came from. Its creation also led to a geological twin, buried still under snow at the time, which would eventually emerge as Birth of a Guin. Together, the two form a quiet dialogue between stone and sky, winter and water.
