Five Artists Reflect On Their Waning Powers (W49)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
Five Artists Reflect On Their Waning Powers
Made in
Stithians
Date
1983
Description
Five carved wooden male figures sit at a narrow bench each wearing a pale linen jacket, shirt, bow tie and pocket square. From left to right the figures are depicted stirring coffee, smoking a cigarette, looking at their nails, scratching their head, and erasing their work. The mechanisms are exposed beneath the bench.
Materials and techniques
Figures made from limewood with bamboo pivots. Painted with acrylic paint. Outer case of Baltic pine; machine chassis of beech. Gear wheels and cams of plywood with steel pins. Small turned objects from pearwood, tiny bits of boxwood and ebony. Lime shavings used for pieces of paper. The steel shafts run in brass bearings. Perspex cover.
Dimensions
height: 65cm
length: 48cm
width: 24cm
Object number
W49
Category
Related documents
Five Artists Reflect On Their Waning Powers, Paul Spooner, 1983, Crafts Council Collection: W49. Film by Video in Common.
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