Can Collage (P452)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Gillian Lowndes
Title
Can Collage
Made in
Bradfields
Date
1998
Description
Abstract form assembled from a sardine can containing two scrolls that both have forks sticking out of the top, and metal hairs at the bottom of the can.
Materials and techniques
Sardine can lined with Egyptian paste. Firing temperature at 980 degrees celsius. Two forks are fired in sand at 1200 degrees celsius. Two dark scrolls are slip dipped in fibreglass. Galvanised wire used. Assembled after firing and metal hairs attached.
Dimensions
length: 15cm
width: 12cm
height: 22.5cm
Packed Length: 33cm
Packed Width: 33cm
Packed Height: 33cm
Object number
P452
Category
Maker's statement
I WAS ASKED BY CAA TO MAKE A GROUP OF SMALL PIECES FOR A SPECIAL FOCUS EXHIBITION MAR 1998 (A VIEW OF CLAY)THEY ARE PART OF AN ONGOING INTEREST IN SMALL DOMESTIC UTENSILS, WHICH ARE INCORPORATED IN THE HORKS AND TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.