Not on display

Sentinel (White /Scarlet/ Clear/ Black)

Form
2003 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bruce, Jane (artist)
Place of origin
Canberra (made)

A tall bottle shape, the shoulder and neck forming a 'lid. In bands of white, red, clear and black glass, with cut and sand-blasted decoration.

Object details

Categories
Glass
Sculpture
Object type
Form
Titles
  • Sentinel (White /Scarlet/ Clear/ Black) (assigned by artist)
  • Lidded Vessels series 4 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-blown; the top two sections cut on a lathe with diamond and stone wheels and bottom section masked off and sand-blasted
Brief description
'Sentinel', tall bottle-shape glass artwork by Jane Bruce, Australia, 2003
Physical description
A tall bottle shape, the shoulder and neck forming a 'lid. In bands of white, red, clear and black glass, with cut and sand-blasted decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 60cm
  • Diameter: 11cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Jane Bruce Canberra ?Sep? 03' (engraved on base)
Credit line
Given by Craft Arts Magazine and Glass Artists' Gallery
Object history
Artist's Statement:
"For some time I have been interested in exploring and changing the viewer’s relationship to the work, investigating the space between the work and the viewer. The viewer can imagine easily picking the piece up off the pedestal and using it or turning it over in their hands to examine it. With the ‘Sentinel’ pieces this is not so easily imagined. They have taken on a different relationship with the viewer, that is they relate to the body not the hand, hold their own space regardless of the pedestal and confront the viewer as an equal."
Jane Bruce

Shown in COLLECT (Glass Artists' Gallery, Australia, stand), Crafts Council, V&AM, Feb. 2004.
Bibliographic reference
Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.8-2004

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98924/sentinel-white-scarlet-clear-black-form-bruce-jane/
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