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Choker 4
Glassmaker: Amsel, Galia
Clear, colourless glass, cast into a circle of triangular section with the base on top and the point underneath. On the side a section has been cut out to leave a 5 to 6 cm gap, the ends of the glass are coated with a pale green substance (enamel?). The upper side is smooth with three centrally placed concentric engraved bands. On the other two sides the decoration is integral, and comprises a continuous geometrical design with a horizontally striated background. The circle has been shaped, so that the split side and the side opposite to it are off the ground, with the result that it rocks on the areas touching the ground.
History note: Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London
Given by Sir Nicholas and Lady Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund
Diameter: 48.9 cm
Height: 12 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-10-12) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1998
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Galia Amsel studied at Middlesex Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, London. She established her own studio in London in 1993. In 2004, following a series of invited workshops, she emigrated to New Zealand where she now lives and works. An early interest in Pacific forms, stimulated by a visit to New York whilst at the Royal College of Art, and a strong response to movement and landscape continue to drive new bodies of work. Amsel has recently begun working on a larger scale, with an installation in Auckland Harbour in 2014 and Salisbury Cathedral in 2016. Choker 4 formed part of a body of work drawing inspiration from objects for use: mechanical, decorative or ritualistic. This particular work followed on from a 1990 residency project with the Museum of Mankind in London looking at collections of Ibo tribal jewellery.
studio glass
Contemporary Craft
Coating
composed of
enamel
( uncertain)
Ends Of Glass
Casting (process) : Clear colourless glass, cast into a circle of triangular section with the base on top and the point underneath
Accession number: C.16-1998
Primary reference Number: 27217
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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