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Scroll

Form
1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gillian Lowndes (1936–2010)
‘Scroll’
1996
Gillian Lowndes’ sculptural works suggest
associations with familiar objects, yet remain
enigmatic and strange. Clay is often worked in
unconventional ways, and in combination with
other materials and found objects. Her series
of ‘scrolls’ recall furled paper, yet their bone
china and fibre glass forms are rendered rigid
and unyielding.

Made in Toppesfield, Essex
Bone china and fibre glass, hand-built, with
stainless steel rope
Museum no. C.76-2008
Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleScroll (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, fibre glass, hand-built, stainless steel rope
Brief description
'Scroll', bone china, fibre glass, stainless steel rope, Gillian Lowndes, London, 1996
Physical description
'Scroll' is of bone china and fibre glass, hand-built form recalls furled paper, with attached metal pieces keeping the 'scroll' together, and then a stainless steel rope protrudes out from the centre of the scroll, attached half way down this rope is another small scroll made of the same material.
Gallery label
Gillian Lowndes (1936–2010) ‘Scroll’ 1996 Gillian Lowndes’ sculptural works suggest associations with familiar objects, yet remain enigmatic and strange. Clay is often worked in unconventional ways, and in combination with other materials and found objects. Her series of ‘scrolls’ recall furled paper, yet their bone china and fibre glass forms are rendered rigid and unyielding. Made in Toppesfield, Essex Bone china and fibre glass, hand-built, with stainless steel rope Museum no. C.76-2008 Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin(12/2013)
Credit line
Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin
Summary
Gillian Lowndes (1936–2010)
‘Scroll’
1996
Gillian Lowndes’ sculptural works suggest
associations with familiar objects, yet remain
enigmatic and strange. Clay is often worked in
unconventional ways, and in combination with
other materials and found objects. Her series
of ‘scrolls’ recall furled paper, yet their bone
china and fibre glass forms are rendered rigid
and unyielding.

Made in Toppesfield, Essex
Bone china and fibre glass, hand-built, with
stainless steel rope
Museum no. C.76-2008
Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin
Collection
Accession number
C.76-2008

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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