A wooden table with a natural, curvy design and artistic, branch-like legs

DRAGONFLY

2023 | SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN MAHOGANY | BUBINGA HARDWOOD INLAY | 97” x 28” x 30”

Black and white line drawing of a dragonfly with detailed wings and body

Ruth married her husband in the late summer sun of July 1931, in the backyard of their new home in California.

Among the wedding gifts was a simple wooden Dragonfly, sent anonymously. Perhaps a symbol of her new beginnings, or a totem of her free expression.

The two legs at center entwined in a lover’s embrace, a remembrance of their new love. Exotic wood, imbued with Tahitian symbols, tells a story of their nautical honeymoon voyages through Hawaii, Tahiti and Asia. It was her first adventure, but certainly not her last.

Tonight, the surface lays silent in warm north light, it is the work surface for her study. Atop it, some fossils, and a series of half-finished poems, set aside for just a moment, sitting beneath the glow of a cast iron chandelier. 

Hand-drawn sketches of a table and plant, with annotations and measurements. The table has six legs and a top. The plant is a yellow bamboo with notes about its dance and movement.

journal & sketches by Christopher Grant Ward

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