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'Billy' Gilding Metal Container
'Billy' Gilding Metal Container
'Billy' Gilding Metal Container

'Billy' Gilding Metal Container

Maker (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.
Copyright© Simone Ten Hompel (2004)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 05
Object numberABDAG011187
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
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".
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