Bob Flint (born 1941), also known as Robert Flint, is an American ceramic artist. He arrived in

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in 1960 for a summer of surfing and quickly realized that he wanted to stay. In 1961 he entered the University of Hawaii, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in fine art, with a specialization in ceramics. For twenty years Bob Flint worked from a studio at his home in Manoa, Hawaii. In 1998 he moved his studio to

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on the island of Maui, where he now resides and continues his ceramic work. Throughout his career, Bob Flint has admired Native Hawaiian feather capes ('' ʻahuʻula'') and has often abstracted their shape.Hawaii State Art Museum wall label, ''Uila (Lightning)'' by Robert Flint, ceramic and metal coatings, 2012 ''Uila (Lightning)'' from 2012, in the collection of the

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, demonstrates his adaptation of this Native Hawaiian art. He has also produced large-scale architectural installations for such clients as Amfac Hotels, Bank of Hawaii, Castle Memorial Hospital and the Sheraton at Poipu Beach. He has completed several public works of art for the

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: * A wall of ceramic fish in

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at the intersection of Seaside and Kalakaua avenues. * Three ceramic murals in the Hawaii Convention Center in

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. The murals surround three drinking fountain areas and are sculpted and carved tile depicting Blue Ginger, Shell Ginger and Torch Ginger. * A tile sculpture of a "kahili" (ceremonial standard marking the presence of a Hawaiian chief) installed at

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, Honolulu * ''Sandwich Isle'', a 1977 ceramic sculpture at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu * ''Pulelehua'' (Kamehameha Butterfly), a 1986 ceramic mural at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

References

* Kayal, Michele, "Journeys; Hidden on Maui, A Place for Art", ''New York Times'', Friday, March 7, 2008. * Tswei, Suzanne, "Drinking Fountain Art Makes Big Splash at Convention Center", ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', Sunday, May 20, 2001. * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997, An Exhibition Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, Presented at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 3-October 12, 1997'', Honolulu, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997, p. 144. {{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, Bob 20th-century American ceramists 21st-century American ceramists Modern sculptors Living people 1941 births Sculptors from Hawaii Ceramists from Hawaii 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors