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Breath

Form ("Breath")
c.1994-5 (made)
Artist/Maker
Woffenden, Emma (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (designed and made)

Glass form with two interlocking ovoid forms

Object details

Categories
Glass
Sculpture
Object type
Form ("Breath")
TitleBreath (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass, free blown, cut, ground, polished, drilled
Glass
Free Blown
Cut
Ground
Drilled
Polished
Brief description
"Breath", glass form, free blown, cut, ground, drilled, polished, Emma Woffenden, Britain, c.1994-5.
Physical description
Glass form with two interlocking ovoid forms
Dimensions
  • Height: 255mm
  • At widest point diameter: 190mm (Ø at the base)
Style
20TH GB
Gallery label
Emma Woffenden (born 1962)
Breath
1994

Woffenden frequently explores the nature of control and of emotional and physical isolation. Breath suggests a light exhalation. Yet, the drooping, trapped bubble resulting from the puff of air also appears to be fighting to stay inflated inside the compression of the bell jar.

Britain (London)
Mould-blown, cut and drilled

Museum no. C.20-1995. Gift of Alastair Pilkington Fund
Credit line
Purchased with Alastair Pilkington Funds
Other number
9835 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.20-1995

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O3416/breath-form-breath-woffenden-emma/
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