Two Fish in a Boat (M43)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Avril Wilson
Title
Two Fish in a Boat
Made in
Brighton
Date
1989
Description
Long steel rod culminating in an engraved sculpture of two crossed fish breathing fire in a boat.
Materials and techniques
Forged and welded mild steel. The stock is forged bar. The boat is cut from plate using an oxy-acetylene torch. The fish are cut from thin sheet steel which is then chased on a wooden block. Inside the fish is an internal steel structure which comes from the stock through the fish and forms the starting point for the mig welded flames coming from the fishes mouths.
Dimensions
length: 81cm
width: 15.5cm
Object number
M43
Category
Maker's statement
This is a new technique I developed at the time and involves drawing with the mig welding torch to build up shapes. This is done on a thick cast metal block which does not join to the drawn welded section. Both 'Tree Boat' and 'Two Fish in a Boat' are part of an ongoing body of work of tree sculptures and candelabras in which I am attempting to make poetically patent images which have universal resonances.