Silver Spoon c. 1938

This drawing of "Silver Spoon" was made by Kalamian Walton, who lived a long life, from 1855 to 1995, that's a lot of years to think about spoons! The drawing renders three spoons in an array of fine lines against a creamy background, and I can imagine Kalamian Walton taking their time to produce it. I feel a strange sense of care and precision, and a love for the everyday object. Kalamian Walton made this piece in their own time, in their own way. The slight variations in the line weights—thin, thick, broken—create a rhythm, a visual dance that's both intentional and spontaneous. And each line carries a trace of Kalamian Walton's hand, their breath, their life force. And because it is a drawing rather than a painting, perhaps it suggests the artist had the ability to hold still and reflect on the object, so the spoons become symbolic of all things beautiful and yet functional.