Colouful Volume
Bowl
2014 (designed and made)
2014 (designed and made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Adi Toch’s practice investigates human interactions with vessels by exploring the conductive, sonic and reflective qualities of metal. In Colourful Volume Toch combines the historic techniques of raising and hammering a flat sheet of metal with an experimental approach to creating the vivid patina (surface colour). Using a variety of chemicals and ingredients, such as ammonia and soy sauce, she creates remarkable colours on the surface of her forms. This experimental finishing process contrasts the meticulous work of constructing the object from two parts. The top part funnels through the bowl shape, creating an aperture and a foot on which the piece stands.
Adi Toch lives and works in London. She completed her MA at the Cass, London, in 2009 following a BA in Jewellery and Objects at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. She is currently a lecturer at the RCA and has taught and exhibited across the world. Her work is held in major private and public collections including the The Crafts Council, The Goldsmiths’ Company, Museum of London, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, National Museums Scotland, National Museum Wales, Ulster Museum Belfast and The Jewish Museum New York. Toch was a finalist in the first Loewe Craft Prize and won prestigious awards for her work including a Gold Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council UK and The European Prize for Applied Arts, 2018. In 2021 she was the recipient of an important commission by the V&A Gilbert Trust to create a response to the restitution of an historic gold ewer from The Gilbert Collection to Turkey. Her artwork Place to Place is on permanent display at The Gilbert Galleries, V&A Museum, London.
A recent statement by Adi Toch on her work is as follows: `The practice of making vessels and containers fascinates me as it enables me to work both with metal and space as materials, redefining borders between inside and outside. Through my work I explore the morphological qualities of vessels and the process of embedding functional objects with spirit. I create contemplative work, inviting interaction and communicating through its tactile essence
This bowl was short listed for Schoonhoven International Silver Award, organised by the Zilver Museum, Schoonhoven, Holland, in 2015.
Adi Toch lives and works in London. She completed her MA at the Cass, London, in 2009 following a BA in Jewellery and Objects at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. She is currently a lecturer at the RCA and has taught and exhibited across the world. Her work is held in major private and public collections including the The Crafts Council, The Goldsmiths’ Company, Museum of London, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, National Museums Scotland, National Museum Wales, Ulster Museum Belfast and The Jewish Museum New York. Toch was a finalist in the first Loewe Craft Prize and won prestigious awards for her work including a Gold Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council UK and The European Prize for Applied Arts, 2018. In 2021 she was the recipient of an important commission by the V&A Gilbert Trust to create a response to the restitution of an historic gold ewer from The Gilbert Collection to Turkey. Her artwork Place to Place is on permanent display at The Gilbert Galleries, V&A Museum, London.
A recent statement by Adi Toch on her work is as follows: `The practice of making vessels and containers fascinates me as it enables me to work both with metal and space as materials, redefining borders between inside and outside. Through my work I explore the morphological qualities of vessels and the process of embedding functional objects with spirit. I create contemplative work, inviting interaction and communicating through its tactile essence
This bowl was short listed for Schoonhoven International Silver Award, organised by the Zilver Museum, Schoonhoven, Holland, in 2015.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Colouful Volume (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Britannia silver, spun, raised, soldered and patinated. |
| Brief description | Colourful Volume, bowl, Britannia silver, patinated, London hallmarks for 2014, mark of Adi Toch, designed and made by Adi Toch. |
| Physical description | Bowl, of patinated Britannia silver, hemispherical in shape, made from two sheets raised and soldered together, the top funnels in side leaving an aperture while creating a foot on which the piece stands. There is a recess in the bottom of the bowl around the aperture. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Gallery label | Colourful Volume
Silver
Adi Toch
London hallmarks for 2014
Adi Toch’s practice investigates human interactions with vessels by exploring the conductive, sonic and reflective qualities of metal. In Colourful Volume Toch combines the historic techniques of raising and hammering a flat sheet of metal with an experimental approach to creating the vivid patina (surface colour). Using a variety of chemicals and ingredients, such as ammonia and soy sauce, she creates remarkable colours on the surface of her forms. The colours of Colourful Volume continue to change subtly over time.
Purchased with the support of Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner and the James Yorke-Radleigh Bequest
Museum no. M.19-2016
(27.10.22) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the support of Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner and the James Yorke-Radleigh Bequest |
| Object history | This bowl was short listed for the Schoonhoven International Silver Award, organised by the Zilver Museum, Schoonhoven, Holland in 2015. |
| Summary | Adi Toch’s practice investigates human interactions with vessels by exploring the conductive, sonic and reflective qualities of metal. In Colourful Volume Toch combines the historic techniques of raising and hammering a flat sheet of metal with an experimental approach to creating the vivid patina (surface colour). Using a variety of chemicals and ingredients, such as ammonia and soy sauce, she creates remarkable colours on the surface of her forms. This experimental finishing process contrasts the meticulous work of constructing the object from two parts. The top part funnels through the bowl shape, creating an aperture and a foot on which the piece stands. Adi Toch lives and works in London. She completed her MA at the Cass, London, in 2009 following a BA in Jewellery and Objects at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. She is currently a lecturer at the RCA and has taught and exhibited across the world. Her work is held in major private and public collections including the The Crafts Council, The Goldsmiths’ Company, Museum of London, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, National Museums Scotland, National Museum Wales, Ulster Museum Belfast and The Jewish Museum New York. Toch was a finalist in the first Loewe Craft Prize and won prestigious awards for her work including a Gold Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council UK and The European Prize for Applied Arts, 2018. In 2021 she was the recipient of an important commission by the V&A Gilbert Trust to create a response to the restitution of an historic gold ewer from The Gilbert Collection to Turkey. Her artwork Place to Place is on permanent display at The Gilbert Galleries, V&A Museum, London. A recent statement by Adi Toch on her work is as follows: `The practice of making vessels and containers fascinates me as it enables me to work both with metal and space as materials, redefining borders between inside and outside. Through my work I explore the morphological qualities of vessels and the process of embedding functional objects with spirit. I create contemplative work, inviting interaction and communicating through its tactile essence This bowl was short listed for Schoonhoven International Silver Award, organised by the Zilver Museum, Schoonhoven, Holland, in 2015. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.19-2016 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2016 |
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