Syd Carpenter b. 1953
Mother Pin Ascending, 2025
Wood, clay, steel
65 x 60 x 60 in
165.1 x 152.4 x 152.4 cm
165.1 x 152.4 x 152.4 cm
PFF647
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Further images
A six-foot-tall wooden clothespin reimagined as a totemic monument to female lineage
Provenance
Artist commissionExhibitions
"Home Bound in Wood, Steel, and Clay," Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College. Dates: Jan 2, 2026 - Apr 5, 2026.Literature
Baker, Chenoa. “Root, Stem, Flower: Syd Carpenter and the Cultivation of Collective Memory.” Ceramics Now, 4 Mar. 2026.
https://www.ceramicsnow.org/articles/root-stem-flower-syd-carpenter-and-the-cultivation-of-collective-memory/
Crimmins, Peter. “3 Philly-Area Museums Collaborate on a Retrospective of Syd Carpenter.” WHYY, 18 Feb. 2026. whyy.org/articles/syd-carpenter-retrospective-museums-woodmere-maguire-berman/.