Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Material: Box Elder, turned and carved
Dimensions: 15 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8 x 15 1⁄2 in. diam. (40.3 x 39.6 x 39.4 cm)
Artist: Ron Fleming
Artist Statement: This was my first series. My idea came from a rosebud I was painting. I thought at the time that it would make an interesting form. I wanted the motion of the stylized leaf forms to follow the grain  as much as possible, unfirling from within and spiraling outward, bringing new life to the vessel.
Web Address: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/red-fern-72023
Donated By: Fleur and Charles Bresler in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp, curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery (1995--2003), 2003.60.15