Optik Art Jewellery

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Artist/Maker	Ramshaw, Wendy (designer) Watkins, David (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Screen-printed acrylic (perspex) and base metal earrings. Opaque white perspex square with screen-printed black Op-Art 'target' design.

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Categories	Jewellery Plastic Fashion Womenswear Accessories
Object type	Earring
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Earring Earring
Title	Optik Art Jewellery (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed acrylic perspex and base metal Acrylic Base Metal Screen Printing
Brief description	Pair of screen-printed perspex and base metal earrings 'Optik Art Jewellery', designed by Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins, London, 1963-1965
Physical description	Screen-printed acrylic (perspex) and base metal earrings. Opaque white perspex square with screen-printed black Op-Art 'target' design.
Credit line	Given by the designers
Object history	A ring to match these earrings is held in the Metalwork Collections. Its museum number is M.11-1988.
Associated object	M.11-1988 (Design)
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.338G&H-1982

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Record created	April 26, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194609/optik-art-jewellery-earring-ramshaw-wendy/

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