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Sawdust Ceramic Handle

Handle
2015-2016 (made)
Artist/Maker
Assemble (made)
Granby Workshop (maker)
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

This is one of a collection of objects in the V&As collection made by members of the Granby Workshop, a social enterprise created in Liverpool by the collective Assemble. In 2015, with the Granby Four Streets project, of which the Granby Workshop plays the most significant and highest profile constituent, Assemble won Britain’s most prestigious art award, the Turner Prize.


Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Handle
TitleSawdust Ceramic Handle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware clay pressed in a wooden mould and then air dried, the handle was then laid in layers of sawdust (sometimes wrapped and with natural materials) topped with newspaper and kindling and burnt for 12 hours. Then the piece is cleaned, waxed and polished.
Earthenware
Sawdust
Metal
Pressed
Dried
Fired
Polished
Brief description
Granby Workshop; Ceramic Handle, 2015-2016
Physical description
Handle in silhouette shape with rounded top, with silver metal bolt and nut attached.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.7cm
  • Width: 3.5cm
Style
21st Century
Production typesmall batch
Object history
Instructions and packaging information in RF.
Summary
This is one of a collection of objects in the V&As collection made by members of the Granby Workshop, a social enterprise created in Liverpool by the collective Assemble. In 2015, with the Granby Four Streets project, of which the Granby Workshop plays the most significant and highest profile constituent, Assemble won Britain’s most prestigious art award, the Turner Prize.
Collection
Design, Architecture and Digital Department
Accession number
CD.147-2016

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Record createdApril 4, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1348054/sawdust-ceramic-handle-handle-assemble/
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