Tail of the Dog (P325)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Gillian Lowndes
Title
Tail of the Dog
Made in
Wiltshire
Date
1983
Description
Green elongated form of fibreglass dipped in green porcelain slip with metal wire coming out at top and side, covered with drops of Egyptian paste and fused granite.
Materials and techniques
Fibreglass tissue dipped in chrome green porcelain slip and draped over a clay core. Nicrochrome wire attachments with oven-fired droplets of Egyptian paste, painted with copper and yellow underglaze. Fused granite and Egyptian paste additions. Once-fired to 1280 degrees Celsius.
Dimensions
length: 60cm
width: 21cm
height: 23cm
Packed Length: 41cm
Packed Width: 41cm
Packed Height: 41cm
Object number
P325
Category
Maker's statement
See Ceramic Review article, September/October 1983. Part of a series of work based on a Kuba cloth from the Congo. Fragile.