Martha Sturdy acrylic bowl with floating gold leaf in metal stand. Rare

Here is a wonderful piece by Canadian artist Martha Sturdy, it is a textured cloudy acrylic with floating gold leaf bowl that sits in a distressed metal stand. Part of her now retired homewares line, this piece might have been meant for kitchen use as a salt or spice bowl, or perhaps for displaying fruit etc... The acrylic bowl is in excellent condition with no cracks or damage - note it does show some black scuffing where it comes in contact with the metal base. It measures just over 5.5" across and 2.5" tall for the bowl alone and the stand is 6.5" wide with a total height with the bowl of 4". The bowl has the signature Martha Sturdy Canada brass marker inset on the bottom as well as its original sales sticker and Made in Canada sticker. This is a rare piece of Canadian art - no offers under list price will be considered at this time. About the Artist: Martha Sturdy’s contemporary sculptural practice investigates the primal qualities of raw and rugged materials, often combining industrial processes with organic matter to explore properties that are found in nature. Materiality plays an essential role within Sturdy’s work, involving a highly-physical manipulation of rigid and challenging media ranging from resin, brass, steel and aluminum, to salvaged wood from the rural and mountainous Canadian landscape.