Whisper Bowl
Bowl
1991 (made)
1991 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This Whisper Bowl was made by Keith Brocklehurst (b.1946), a British glassmaker who uses a mixture of glass techniques. In this piece he combines cast glass and pâte de verre . He created the bowl shape by making a glass paste (pâte) and pressing it into a mould which was then fired in a kiln. His work is a form of sculpture assembled from a variety of motifs and symbols that sometimes reflect his interest in the natural world.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Whisper Bowl (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pâte-de-verre and cast glass, inlaid. |
| Brief description | Pâte de verre and glass bowl form, Keith Brocklehurst, Britain, 1991 |
| Physical description | Pâte-de-verre bowl in white with red, blue and black triangular inclusions. This bowl sits on two glass 'feet'. One is a curved red glass, saw edged, foot with yellow and blue glass inclusions, one of the blue glass inclusions in the form of a flying creature, possibly a moth. The other foot looks to be a double beaked profile face, one black and one white. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Whisper Bowl Keith Brocklehurst 1991' (incising) |
| Object history | Shown in an exhibition at the Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London, December 1991. |
| Summary | This Whisper Bowl was made by Keith Brocklehurst (b.1946), a British glassmaker who uses a mixture of glass techniques. In this piece he combines cast glass and pâte de verre . He created the bowl shape by making a glass paste (pâte) and pressing it into a mould which was then fired in a kiln. His work is a form of sculpture assembled from a variety of motifs and symbols that sometimes reflect his interest in the natural world. |
| Other number | 7585 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.35-1992 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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