Trophy
Installation
2006 (made)
2006 (made)
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| Place of origin |
These fifty birds are from a group of 4000 installed at the V&A in 2006, in Clare Twomey's installation 'Trophy'. Twomey made each bird using Wedgwood's famous blue Jasper clay. Visitors to the installation were invited to walk among the birds, with the tacit understanding that they would be permitted to take one away with them, this resulting in the gradual diminution of the work.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 50 parts.
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| Title | Trophy (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wedgwood blue Jasper, cast and hand-finished |
| Brief description | 'Trophy', 50 birds taken from an installation of 4000, cast and hand-finished Wedgwood blue Jasper clay, Clare Twomey, London, 2006 |
| Physical description | Fifty birds made in Wedgwood blue Jasper. The birds were produced from four distinct models, and made using two differnt shades of japer, a pale and a darker blue. Thus eight basic variants are present. These are then to an extent indivualised through hand-finshing of the cast birds. |
| Dimensions | Birds range from approximately 2.1 x 5.6 x 1.9 cm to 5.1 x 5.2 x 2.3 to 3.6 x 7.9 x 2.7 cm |
| Marks and inscriptions | Each bird is impressed with 'ct' for Clare Twomey, 'W' for Wedgwood, and 'V&A' in the form of the Museum's logo. |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | The installation 'Trophy', from which these fifty birds were taken, was installed in the Cast Courts of the V&A as part of the Friday Late event Clay Rocks!, on 29 September 2006. |
| Production | 'Trophy' was made by Twomey and her assistants in her London studio, using blue Jasper clay supplied by Wedgwood. The work was created for the V&A Friday Late event, 'Clay Rocks!', held on 29 September 2006. |
| Summary | These fifty birds are from a group of 4000 installed at the V&A in 2006, in Clare Twomey's installation 'Trophy'. Twomey made each bird using Wedgwood's famous blue Jasper clay. Visitors to the installation were invited to walk among the birds, with the tacit understanding that they would be permitted to take one away with them, this resulting in the gradual diminution of the work. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.108:1 to 50-2007 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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