Balancing Bowl (3)
Balancing Bowl (3)
2016 (designed and made)
2016 (designed and made)
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Juliette Bigley makes abstract metal sculptures to investigate and communicate ideas about how our internal experiences interact with the physical world. Balancing Bowl (3) is one of a series of sculptures in which she explores solidity and function through combinations of form and material. The bowl is made from a flat sheet of metal and appears to balance on the edge of its base. The matte surface emphasises the bowl’s shape and the soft, tactile nature of silver.
After a successful career in healthcare management, Juliette Bigley trained as a silversmith at the Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design under influential makers including Simone ten Hompel and David Clarke. She has since become a leading silversmith and exhibits widely nationally and internationally.
After a successful career in healthcare management, Juliette Bigley trained as a silversmith at the Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design under influential makers including Simone ten Hompel and David Clarke. She has since become a leading silversmith and exhibits widely nationally and internationally.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | Balancing Bowl (3) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and soldered, matt finish, the stand of patinated gilding metal |
| Brief description | Balancing Bowl (3), silver and patinated gilding metal, London hallmarks for 2016, mark of Juliette Bigley. |
| Physical description | The bowl, silver with a matt finish, hemispherical with a flat top which has a recessed circular depression, the circumference with a slight indentation. The base, of patinated gilding metal, square with straight sides. The bowl is secured, off centre, to the base by a silver pin. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Purchase funded by the James Yorke Radleigh Bequest |
| Object history | Purchased directly from the silversmith. |
| Summary | Juliette Bigley makes abstract metal sculptures to investigate and communicate ideas about how our internal experiences interact with the physical world. Balancing Bowl (3) is one of a series of sculptures in which she explores solidity and function through combinations of form and material. The bowl is made from a flat sheet of metal and appears to balance on the edge of its base. The matte surface emphasises the bowl’s shape and the soft, tactile nature of silver. After a successful career in healthcare management, Juliette Bigley trained as a silversmith at the Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design under influential makers including Simone ten Hompel and David Clarke. She has since become a leading silversmith and exhibits widely nationally and internationally. |
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| Accession number | M.42:1-3,-2017 |
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| Record created | September 29, 2017 |
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