Rick Beck (American, b. 1960), Glass Nut and Bolt

1993, cast glass, including a green hexagonal nut (5.75 x 5.5 x 3 in.); and a clear hexagonal flat head bolt (5 x 10 x 6 in.), both pieces signed; accompanied by "Rick Beck: Form", North Carolina State University exhibition booklet.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Benson purchased this work directly from the artist at Penland School of Craft.

Rick Beck is a studio artist who was based in Spruce Pine, North Carolina for 30 years before moving to Hawaii in 2020. He began working in glass at Hastings College in Nebraska, where he received his BA. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University. In 1994, Rick was awarded a visual arts fellowship by the North Carolina Arts Council, followed by a national endowment for the arts regional visual arts fellowship from the Southern Arts Federation in 1995. Beck is part of the studio glass movement, and has taught at the prestigious Pilchuck Glass School, assisting artists Curtiss Brock and Jan Mares. He has taught at the Penland School of Craft since 1988. Rick Beck is known for his large-scale cast glass sculpture depicting industrial, everyday objects and the human figure.

Good condition with areas of roughness from the original casting.