Bevelled Crystal Bowl (G59)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Rachael Woodman
Neil Wilkin
Neil Wilkin
Title
Bevelled Crystal Bowl
Made in
Torrington
Date
1991
Description
Thick glass bowl with blue exterior and thin orange/red interior.
Materials and techniques
Free blown in 24% lead crystal and Kugler colour by Neil Wilkin (his initials NW appear on the base). The bowl is made by underlaying and overlaying layers of colour between the layers of clear crystal. When the piece is cool, it is sawn, ground, bevelled and polished.
Dimensions
height: 10.5cm
diameter: 20.5cm
Object number
G59
Category
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Bevelled Crystal Bowl, Rachael Woodman, 1991, Crafts Council Collection: G59. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
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Bevelled Crystal Bowl, Rachael Woodman, 1991, Crafts Council Collection: G59. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography.
Maker's statement
Artist's statement 1991: This bowl is part of the most recent group of bevelled bowls I've produced. The first bowls were produced at the RCA in the 1984 and I've been exploring this vessel form in series ever since.