Daisy Seed
Form
2000 (made)
2000 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Palova has developed a personal language that refers to bridges and connections. She takes especial pleasure in discovering and responding to the shared heritage of Celtic forms and decoration which stretches from her native Slovakia to the north of England where she has now spent more than 8 years. In Daisy Seed she uses balance and tension, strength and fragility, qualities which have a particular resonance in cast glass. Choosing a vibrant acid yellow, she has defined an almost primitive form and then boldly intersected it. The internal bubbling and crustiness, a result of the casting process, are welcomed for their unpredictable beauty.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Daisy Seed (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast glass, partly ground, sandblasted and acid-polished |
| Brief description | Three-dimensional ovoid shape, an open frame of bright yellow glass, cast in Bratislava and made in Sunderland by Zora Palová, 2000 |
| Physical description | Three-dimensional ovoid shape, an open frame of bright yellow glass. Cast through one small opening (hence many bubbles). Glass coloured partly with uranium. Partly ground, sand-blasted and acid-polished. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Palova Zora 2000' (engraved) |
| Credit line | Purchase funded by Juliette Boisseau and David Hardman |
| Summary | Palova has developed a personal language that refers to bridges and connections. She takes especial pleasure in discovering and responding to the shared heritage of Celtic forms and decoration which stretches from her native Slovakia to the north of England where she has now spent more than 8 years. In Daisy Seed she uses balance and tension, strength and fragility, qualities which have a particular resonance in cast glass. Choosing a vibrant acid yellow, she has defined an almost primitive form and then boldly intersected it. The internal bubbling and crustiness, a result of the casting process, are welcomed for their unpredictable beauty. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.46-2003 |
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| Record created | August 11, 2003 |
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