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Artichoke Parachute Ring
Fok, Nora
(Maker)
Clear, whiteish nylon double finger ring, the small bezel ornamented with woven, tied knotted clear nylon threads
History note: Lesley Craze Gallery, 33-35a Clerkenwell Green, London, exhibiting at Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, 15-17 May 2009, where purchased by the donors
Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund
Height: 18 cm
Length: 33 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(2009-07-13)
by
Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
Early 20th century
Elizabeth II
2007
CE
-
2008
CE
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Nora Fok: ‘When I was investigating a dried artichoke seed head, I saw the cone-like structures emerging out of the spiky choke. The delicate parachutes with seeds as cargo slowly filled my work table. The most beautiful furry structures gliding in the air like a graceful dancer.’
Bezel
clear Nylon
Accession number: M.1-2009
Primary reference Number: 167425
Entry form number: 1026
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Artichoke Parachute Ring"
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Accession Number: T.1-1979
Accession Number: PD.109-1973.58
Accession Number: E.GA.4622.1943
Accession Number: E.GA.230.1947
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