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'Billy' Gilding Metal Container

MakerMade by Simone Ten Hompel (Bocholt, Germany, born 1960)

Date2004

Object NameContainer

Mediumgilding metal, palladium leaf, white metal

ClassificationsApplied Art

Dimensions20 × 13.3cm
Weight: 1098g

AcquisitionPurchased in 2004 with assistance from the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland and the National Fund for Acquisitions.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 05

Object numberABDAG011187

Keywords

About Me"Billy" references the traditional billy can -the customary vessel for boiling water over an open camp fire .These cans were disposable and made of an inexpensive metal.Here Simone Ten Hompel has created a larger than life billy can from gilding metal,making it appear more precious by adding a fine surface of palladium leaf.

More About Me

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German-born Ten Hompel, now based in the UK, explains, "Metal is my first language. I juxtapose the poetic and function through the materiality of my discipline. Making comes out of my hands".

Exhibitions

Gallery 05 - Crafting Colour