As with most of Baldwin’s sculptures, the title came last. Having made the piece, Baldwin recalled a poem by Arp :-
“He who tries to bring down a cloud by shooting at it with arrows will use his arrows in vain. Many sculptors resemble such strange hunters
What one should do is this: one should charm the cloud by fiddling on a drum or drumming on a fiddle. Before long the cloud will descend frolic on the ground and filled with self-confidence turn into stone
That’s how with a wave of his hand the sculptor creates his most beautiful sculpture
The ‘three-dimensional’ decoration – white ground, drifting wash of colour and stark black bands – is very reminiscent of the effect produced by the studio sky-light, and here too, we see another manifestation of the ‘enigma’, a mystery wrapped and securely tied up – a parcel of dreams. The poem, of course, says much about the way in which an idea can become a work of art. The vessel has an overall grid pattern incised, and the broad bands of cobalt carbonate were poured from a jug.