Abstract form (P135)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Eileen Nisbet
Title
Abstract form
Made in
London
Date
1977
Description
Two freestanding round discs of white, unglazed porcelain with pierced decoration.
Materials and techniques
Oxidised porcelain; unglazed. Comprised of thin rolled sheets of porcelain pierced with small drill; circles cut with drill cutter. Fired to 1240 deg. C and surface smoothed with carborundum.
Dimensions
height: 4cm
length: 29.5cm
Object number
P135
Category
Maker's statement
One of two objects (see also P136) which were primarily experiments with loght through porcelain, employing piercing for direct light and thin planes and semi piercing for transparency.