'Fireworks' cut plastic card samples (HC722)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Louise Slater
Title
'Fireworks' cut plastic card samples
Date
1984
Materials and techniques
Plastic card
Cut with machine press
Cut with machine press
Dimensions
length (box): 16.3cm
width (box): 11.1cm
depth (box): 5.6cm
Object number
HC722
Category
Maker's statement
Made from plastic card. The shapes are cut with a tool on a machine press so they can be mass produced. A series of earrings and necklaces are made from these shapes linked together with various tubes and plastic coated wires. This technique led to a series of mobile designs.