Prototype table leg
Table Leg
2006 (made)
2006 (made)
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These four prototype table legs (W.6-2016, W.7-2016, W.8-2016, W.9-2016) relate to another object in the V&A collection, the ‘George’ chest of drawers (W.14-2013), which was purchased through the Design Fund in 2013. As prototypes, they show a clear progression of thought by the maker, Gareth Neal. In his words, they demonstrate his ‘journey to George’. Made in 2006 using cheap timber, each prototype took about a day to make.
With this second prototype Neal went further with the removal of the horizontal planes, deliberately breaking all of them off close to their roots. It was at this point he realised it was not the raw, broken appearance that he liked, but the relationship between the clean-cut lines of the first prototype and the ragged stubs left by the accidental breakages. Gareth Neal is a progressive and collaborative East London design and craft studio that harmoniously unites traditional and digital techniques to create uniquely crafted pieces. In 2021 the studio was an International Kogei Award Grand Prize Winner for their SiO2 Twisted Vessel.
With this second prototype Neal went further with the removal of the horizontal planes, deliberately breaking all of them off close to their roots. It was at this point he realised it was not the raw, broken appearance that he liked, but the relationship between the clean-cut lines of the first prototype and the ragged stubs left by the accidental breakages. Gareth Neal is a progressive and collaborative East London design and craft studio that harmoniously unites traditional and digital techniques to create uniquely crafted pieces. In 2021 the studio was an International Kogei Award Grand Prize Winner for their SiO2 Twisted Vessel.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Prototype table leg (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pine cut with a bandsaw |
| Brief description | Prototype table leg, pine cut with a bandsaw; Gareth Neal, London, 2006 |
| Physical description | Prototype table leg, pine cut with a bandsaw forming horizontal planes. Most of the planes have been deliberately chiselled off close to the leg. |
| Production type | Prototype |
| Credit line | Given by Gareth Neal |
| Object history | Handmade by Gareth Neal in 2006. Neal gave these pieces (W.6-2016, W.7-2016, W.8-2016 and W.9-2016) to the V&A in 2016 [2016/55]. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | These four prototype table legs (W.6-2016, W.7-2016, W.8-2016, W.9-2016) relate to another object in the V&A collection, the ‘George’ chest of drawers (W.14-2013), which was purchased through the Design Fund in 2013. As prototypes, they show a clear progression of thought by the maker, Gareth Neal. In his words, they demonstrate his ‘journey to George’. Made in 2006 using cheap timber, each prototype took about a day to make. With this second prototype Neal went further with the removal of the horizontal planes, deliberately breaking all of them off close to their roots. It was at this point he realised it was not the raw, broken appearance that he liked, but the relationship between the clean-cut lines of the first prototype and the ragged stubs left by the accidental breakages. Gareth Neal is a progressive and collaborative East London design and craft studio that harmoniously unites traditional and digital techniques to create uniquely crafted pieces. In 2021 the studio was an International Kogei Award Grand Prize Winner for their SiO2 Twisted Vessel. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.7-2016 |
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| Record created | January 25, 2016 |
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