Ball Necklace
Artist
Alison Bailey Smith
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date1989
Object NameNecklace
Mediumelectrical wire; silver plated metal
ClassificationsJewellery
DimensionsOverall: Length: 47 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1990 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© Alison Bailey Smith
LocationOn Display - Gallery 08
Object numberABDAG008746
About MeThis ball necklace comprising twenty-five balls, graduating in size, is fashioned from recycled electrical wire taken from disused television sets. Bailey Smith also used this medium to make hats, corsets and shoes. She won the Scottish Designer of the Year Award Competition for her innovative work in 1991.More About Me
The balls are made from recycled electrical wire from old TV sets. What do you recycle?
Exhibitions
1950-1960
1980s - Early 1990
1950-1960
late 19th Century
1930s
late 20th Century
