Wax Talc Bottle and Stopper (HC390)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Caren Hartley
Title
Wax Talc Bottle and Stopper
Date
2009
Materials and techniques
Wax
Talcum powder
Talcum powder
Dimensions
height: 22.6cm
diameter: 13.0cm
height (lid): 9.5cm
diameter (lid): 2.8cm
Object number
HC390
Category
Maker's statement
It is a bottle made specifically to contain talcum powder and it is in the form of a 'reborn' Cut Crystal Decanter. It is from my Object Translations Series and explores how a parody of the original is created when an object's material truths and untruths are interfered with.