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The Crafts Counsellor (2016.5)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
The Crafts Counsellor
Made in
Stithians
Date
1996
Description
Crafts Council donation box featuring an automated figure whose facial expression changes from disapproval to approval as he turns a handle revealing a series of changing forms. The cycle begins with a brightlly coloured donkey salt and pepper shaker and progresses through a series of zoomorphic objects to a simple, unadorned vessel.
Materials and techniques
Jelutong, Liquitex paint, limewood, birch plywood, aluminium, Tufnol and mechanical parts.
Dimensions
height (object): 70.5cm
width (object): 42cm
depth (object): 61cm
height (plinth): 88.1cm
width (plinth): 44cm
depth (plinth): 63cm
Object number
2016.5
Category
Credit
Commissioned by the Crafts Council and inaugurated at the Crafts Council Silver Jubilee exhibition 'Objects of Our Time', held at the Crafts Council Gallery from 5 December 1996 - 16 February 1997.
On view
Crafts Council foyer
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Maker Statement, The Crafts Counsellor, Paul Spooner, 2016, © Paul Spooner.
Maker Statement, The Crafts Counsellor, Paul Spooner, 2016, © Paul Spooner.
The Crafts Counsellor, Paul Spooner, 1996, © Paul Spooner, Crafts Council Collection: 2016.5. Film by Video in Common.
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