Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Elisabeth Holder
Title
Sphere
Made in
London
Date
1987
Description
Stainless steel ring with a ball hanging from a socket joint.
Materials and techniques
Copperfoil crumpled and corn pressed to form sphere, then flooded with solder, then filed to produce smooth surface. Ring part from solid stainless steelrod, ends hollowed out to form socket. Ball with stem turned and soldered into sphere. Both parts hold under tension.
Object number
J191
Category
References
Griselda Gilroy - Taking Stock', Crafts magazine (May/June 1988)