Dear Green Place
Brooch
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jack Cunningham studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, going on to become an influential teacher both at Glasgow School of Art and at the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University. He uses jewellery to create small-scale, personal narratives that explore relationships with family, place and memory, working particularly with found objects and ready-made elements - fragments which he combines to build his narratives.
Dear Green Place is the last of a series of four individual brooches that interpret, in a light-hearted way, the Glasgow coat of arms and motto:
Here’s the bird that never flew,
Here’s the tree that never grew,
Here’s the bell that never rang
Here’s the fish that never swam.
Dear Green Place is the last of a series of four individual brooches that interpret, in a light-hearted way, the Glasgow coat of arms and motto:
Here’s the bird that never flew,
Here’s the tree that never grew,
Here’s the bell that never rang
Here’s the fish that never swam.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Dear Green Place (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oxidised silver, white metal, painted wood, carnelian and plastic |
| Brief description | Brooch designed and made by Jack Cunningham, 2005; white metal, carnelian, wood, paint and ready-mades |
| Physical description | Assorted objects arranged around an L-shaped ledge of oxidised silver the upright section of which is decorated with a row of stylised leaves. On the ledge are mounted a green plastic tree and a white plastic hen; beneath it are suspended a carnelian heart and a plastic fish. Rising through a gap in the ledge is a twig painted white with red stripes with a metal oak leaf protruding from the side. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | JRC stamped on the right hand side of the back panel |
| Association | |
| Summary | Jack Cunningham studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, going on to become an influential teacher both at Glasgow School of Art and at the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University. He uses jewellery to create small-scale, personal narratives that explore relationships with family, place and memory, working particularly with found objects and ready-made elements - fragments which he combines to build his narratives. Dear Green Place is the last of a series of four individual brooches that interpret, in a light-hearted way, the Glasgow coat of arms and motto: Here’s the bird that never flew, Here’s the tree that never grew, Here’s the bell that never rang Here’s the fish that never swam. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.32-2017 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2017 |
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