15929997390001312637261000Standard Recordobject-118389170292700119017028933030001702926927834fitz-onlineadlib-object-118389https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118389db9c0e04-d5eb-3fa3-8788-2ecbb7b6db2f16referenceterm-67107adlib-term-67107a60d0be2-2105-3b16-a693-a7206db57074furnitureHeightcm39.5At HighestWidthcm43At WidestApplied ArtsOak, carved, and blackened. Curved and tapering block of wood with a tapering trough in the top of the narrowest partreferenceexhibition-1871adlib-exhibition-1871a2149573-7468-347e-bb8e-346394e814edJim Partridge, wood, Colin Reid glassM.8-20041accession numberM.8-2004118389priref118389200420042004Entry form609urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118389https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118389referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fundreferenceagent-156032adlib-agent-1560323aded83c-6f5c-39b8-a50c-07f712e01b2cGoodison, Nicholas and Judith200420042004-10-11given2004CE20042004productionreferenceagent-171220adlib-agent-171220c1a43478-dfae-3abf-9980-021de372f9acPartridge, Jimproductionreferenceagent-195773adlib-agent-195773a4b9ec07-87f8-324b-9aa4-1bc46f0a115dWalmsley, LizText from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Jim Partridge studied at the John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood, establishing an independent studio in Dorset in 1979 and winning early acclaim for a series of turned and carved wooden vessels. Partridge established his studio in Shropshire in 1984, and has been working in partnership with Liz Walmsley since 1988. Liz Walmsley studied at the University of Wales, intent on a career in education until she started work in a pottery and changed direction. For the past twentyfive years, Partridge and Walmsley have created a dynamic portfolio of site-specific urban and rural commissions – bridges, seats, shelters – and works for domestic interiors which have redefined the use of timber in contemporary design. Working in direct, improvisational ways, mostly with oak, they carve out forms which invite and respond to use – be they monumental blackened benches or finely turned and carved bowls. Public commissions include pieces for Sustrans; Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford (which won an art in architecture award in 2003); Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick; and Ardtornish Estate in Scotland. ‘Everything they do has a tremendous physical presence, a sort of monumentality, even in the smallest works, yet also a lightness and poise.’ - Richard Ingleby, Director, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh. Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley: ‘In the first wave of curved benches, working round a defect in the timber we realised that one of our options was to make a bench which had storage, for plants, or wine bottles, or newspapers as well as a seating area.’ A life history interview with Jim Partridge is available at http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Craftsreferenceterm-109891adlib-term-109891ad6efeb2-90e2-3107-ada3-8348ed09c40f21st Century, Earlyreferenceterm-107700adlib-term-1077008f5360fb-b262-3ae9-8942-b81cc0e3e848Elizabeth IIreferenceterm-116550adlib-term-116550dd2f56b3-0aeb-344f-96ab-5a1d5f378e9cliteralEnglandEnglandcountryliteralShropshireShropshireregionOswestrynot yet known whatreferenceterm-33770adlib-term-33770a1d8c0e8-75aa-3a4c-bfd7-1345d3e36a44black pigmentreferenceterm-38432adlib-term-38432574d1fc9-f958-3d45-9e32-c114b0cf87b4oakLengthcm272Lengthcm294referencemedia-196747adlib-media-196747856a2dcc-8a34-3b87-bb2c-28bde0fe1872jpegaa/aa33/large_M_8_2004_1_201510_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels102417029263309001imagejpegaa/aa33/mid_M_8_2004_1_201510_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels361widthpixels49917029263309001imagejpegaa/aa33/M_8_2004_1_201510_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels741widthpixels102517029263309001imagejpegaa/aa33/preview_M_8_2004_1_201510_adn21_dc2.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25017029263309001image0media
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imagereferenceterm-68520adlib-term-68520f7722ff4-b083-3a4d-a84e-8b20273a0c15benchhistory noteContemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London, W1T 1DD, from whom purchased by the donorsreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. pp. 294-95294-95referencepublication-400002285adlib-publication-40000228515952748-560a-3e66-85e4-c632827a33b7The Goodison Gift of Contemporary British Crafts to The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of CambridgePubl. p. 139, listed under '5509, Nicholas and Judith Goodison Gift, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum'138-9referencepublication-5286adlib-publication-5286396efcd7-1019-3564-a7dc-7c12d16a639c2004 Review, The Annual Report of the National Art Collections Fundreferencepublication-5729adlib-publication-5729e639a722-292b-3df4-b9c1-5a2b940e8d9dJim PartridgePubl. pp. 152-3, no. 59, object description, illustration, makers' biographies and quote, and a quote from the director of the Ingleby Gallery in Edinburghno. 59152-153referencepublication-8258adlib-publication-825871d79ea2-2385-305e-9044-fbb0cde9ffe7Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceterm-68520adlib-term-68520f7722ff4-b083-3a4d-a84e-8b20273a0c15benchbenchblackened oak, carvedreferenceterm-98865adlib-term-98865aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9carvingreferenceterm-120083adlib-term-120083744cf6df-d9ec-36e4-b585-daee7191fcc7blackeningCurved Bench with Troughobject
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