Tail of the Dog (P324)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Gillian Lowndes

Title

Tail of the Dog

Made in

Wiltshire

Date

1983

Description

Elongated form in grey-green with small spots of paste, and wire protruding from top of work.

Materials and techniques

Fibreglass tissue dipped in grey porcelain slip and draped over a clay core. Nicrochrome wire attatchments with oven-fired pink Egyptian paste droplets. Granite chippings adhered with ash glaze in gum arabic. Once-fired to 1280 deg. C.

Dimensions

height:  16cm
width:  11.7cm
depth:  32.6cm

Object number

P324

Category

  • Tail of the Dog, Gillian Lowndes, 1983, Crafts Council Collection: P324. Photo: John Hammond.

  • Tail of the Dog, Gillian Lowndes, 1983, Crafts Council Collection: P324. Photo: Relic Imaging Ltd.

  • Tail of the Dog, Gillian Lowndes, 1983, Crafts Council Collection: P324. Photo: Relic Imaging Ltd.

Maker's statement

Part of a series of work based on a 'Kuba' cloth from the Congo.