Three-Plate Welded Bowl (M34)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
David Tucker
Title
Three-Plate Welded Bowl
Made in
Melbourne
Date
1984
Description
Mild steel bowl with three visibly welded panels, with two ridges on the underside.
Materials and techniques
Three pieces cut from flat mild steel plate. Formed hot between fly-press tools. Flanges formed by hammering in jigs and heated. The edges are ground. Joined by oxyacetylene welding along flanges. Bowl cleaned in acid, polished and waxed.
Dimensions
height: 9cm
width: 23cm
depth: 21cm
Object number
M34
Category
Maker's statement
This represents my early work. I am now concentrating on funcitonal/architectural ironwork.