Bum Bowl (G20)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Christopher Williams
Title
Bum Bowl
Made in
London
Date
1978
Description
Small glass bowl with blue and purple tones, and a white posterior shaped base.
Materials and techniques
Blown clear and coloured glass cased in clear glass and blown into a metal former. Finished by hand.
Dimensions
length: 13.7cm
height: 13.5cm
Packed Length: 32cm
Packed Width: 32cm
Packed Height: 27cm
Object number
G20
Category
Maker's statement
I started to make the bum bowls as a student at the RCA. They are probably the first pieces of "intensional" design that I produced in glass; I could hardly make anything at all and so are very simple. The glass was blown onto a shaped metal vane which produced the cleft. At first I thought they looked like peaches or plums but every one who saw them said no ....BUM......BUM... and so the name has stuck ever since.