Ring (P400a)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Angus Suttie
Title
Ring
Made in
Clerkenwell
Date
1985
Description
Ring composed of abstract painted sections in green, red, blue, yellow and purple, with a piece of wire and a bead attached.
Materials and techniques
Made from red earthenware clay. Glaze fired to 1060 deg. C. Lustres and enamels to 750 deg. C.
Dimensions
length: 8cm
width: 8cm
Object number
P400a
Category
Maker's statement
I only made rings 1983-85. I was asked to make them originally by Sharon Plant of "Aspects". The rings were cheap, gawdy, theatrical, big and awkward. They played on the expectations that jewellery should be compact, expensive, tasteful and a symbol of wealth and status. The rings were an off-shoot from making small objects such as spoons.
