Fourteen Flexible Armpieces (J135m)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Primary Collection

Maker

Susanna Heron

Title

Fourteen Flexible Armpieces

Made in

London

Date

1978 - 1979

Description

Circular sheet of red PVC with a crescent-shaped slit.

Materials and techniques

PVC silk-screened. Cut with scalpel.

Dimensions

diameter: 15.3cm

Object number

J135m

References

Bodywork catalogue, pp. 20 - 29

Fourteen Flexible Armpieces, Susanna Heron, 1979-1979, Crafts Council Collection: J135m. Photo: Stokes Photo Ltd.

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Fourteen Flexible Armpieces, Susanna Heron, 1979-1979, Crafts Council Collection: J135m. Photo: Stokes Photo Ltd.

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Maker's statement

The ideas for these armpieces and the triangular clips marked the beginning of my work in the USA during my bicentennial Arts Fellowship. They did not reach an altogether practical form until I returned to England in 1979.

Susanna Heron, 3 March 1981