Pâte-De-Verre Glass
1986-1990 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Diana Hobson (born 1943) trained at the Royal College of Art (MA, Metals, 1973-76) and taught at Camberwell School of Arts between 1979-87. She now lives in California. She has travelled, taught and exhibited widely and won awards for her work which features in the permanent collections of a number of museums internationally.
During the 1970s Diana became interested in reviving the almost forgotten technique of pâte-de-verre which had been developed in France by Henri Cros (1840-1907) at the end of the nineteenth century. She produced fine semi-translucent vessels of press-moulded crushed glass fired at 700°C. The Museum has several examples of her finished work. Her presentation to the V&A of her experimental pieces in 2003-04 has furnished the Collection with an invaluable technical context and insight into the artist's methods.
During the 1970s Diana became interested in reviving the almost forgotten technique of pâte-de-verre which had been developed in France by Henri Cros (1840-1907) at the end of the nineteenth century. She produced fine semi-translucent vessels of press-moulded crushed glass fired at 700°C. The Museum has several examples of her finished work. Her presentation to the V&A of her experimental pieces in 2003-04 has furnished the Collection with an invaluable technical context and insight into the artist's methods.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pâte-de-verre |
| Brief description | Plastic sheet of pockets originally intended for mounted 35mm photographic slides, containing 18 pâte-de-verre trial pieces, Diana Hobson, 1986-1990 |
| Physical description | Plastic sheet of pockets originally intended for mounted 35mm photographic slides, containing now 18 pâte-de-verre trial pieces in a range of different shapes, sizes and colours; some pieces are striped or bear zig-zags of colour; few are described with annotations. |
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| Credit line | Given by Diana Hobson |
| Production | Those mounted on card are from 1986 with the exception of one piece, which consists of short stripes of brown, tan, yellow, pink and brown and which was made in 1990. Those unmounted in pockets are from 1990. There were originally 21 pieces but the artist has removed three, leaving 18. |
| Summary | Diana Hobson (born 1943) trained at the Royal College of Art (MA, Metals, 1973-76) and taught at Camberwell School of Arts between 1979-87. She now lives in California. She has travelled, taught and exhibited widely and won awards for her work which features in the permanent collections of a number of museums internationally. During the 1970s Diana became interested in reviving the almost forgotten technique of pâte-de-verre which had been developed in France by Henri Cros (1840-1907) at the end of the nineteenth century. She produced fine semi-translucent vessels of press-moulded crushed glass fired at 700°C. The Museum has several examples of her finished work. Her presentation to the V&A of her experimental pieces in 2003-04 has furnished the Collection with an invaluable technical context and insight into the artist's methods. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.49-2013 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2013 |
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