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Fragments with Cones II

Artist Wendy Ramshaw (Sunderland, England, 1939 - 2018)

Date1987

Object NamePin

Mediumpatinated brass, etched float glass and mirror

ClassificationsApplied Art

DimensionsLength: 20cm
Width: 30cm
Tallest Piece: 16cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1988 by the Contemporary Art Society.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 05

Object numberABDAG008665

Keywords

Craft

About MeSeries of eight variously shaped patinated brass pins, including scrolls and arrows, with three cone stands, sitting on a etched float glass on a mirror. The pins and cones have a matt turquoise blue coating with a light sheen. The cones can be moved around on the surface, and the pins can be changed around, creating a very versatile piece.

Although the bronze forms are secured by pins on their cone stands, they give the impression of floating in air. A lightness and freedom radiates from each symbol as they hover and reflect above the etched glass. The pins are decorative, but can also be worn as dress pins.
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Of such moveable creations Ramshaw said, "The way in which others may organise it is an open-ended extension of its use. Such a possibility […] is interesting precisely because it is out of my control".

Exhibitions

Gallery 05 - Crafting Colour