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Walking Stick

2002-2003 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This piece is part of the Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection. Every year from 1987 to 2006, while David Watkins was Professor of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the RCA, he invited four jewellers and silversmiths from outside Britain to give a week-long masterclass. The artists brought diverse skills, aesthetics and approaches. The first call on their time was to interact closely with the students. In addition, although concentrating on their teaching and working in an unfamiliar studio, each artist generously made an object for the RCA's collection. The Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, now transferred to the V&A, is a major document of international contemporary jewellery, a tribute both to the artists and to the vibrancy of the RCA as a teaching institution.

The Belgian designer Siegfried be Buck has used part of a discarded aluminium radiator from a mini car to make the handle of this walking stick. Recycling was a theme of his masterclass at the RCA, and he encouraged students to visit scrap yards to find material for their work.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Aluminium (recycled radiator grill), silver, walnut and rubber
Brief description
Walking stick of wood, rubber, silver and recycled aluminium. Designed and made by Siegfried De Buck (Belgium) while teaching a masterclass at the RCA, London, 2002-03.
Physical description
Narrow handle of striated aluminium, drilled with a row of eight holes, attached by a jointed silver shoulder to a long cane of walnut. At the bottom is a tapering silver tip with rubber ferrule.
Dimensions
  • Width: 18.5cm
  • Height: 93cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Unmarked)
Credit line
Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection
Summary
This piece is part of the Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection. Every year from 1987 to 2006, while David Watkins was Professor of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the RCA, he invited four jewellers and silversmiths from outside Britain to give a week-long masterclass. The artists brought diverse skills, aesthetics and approaches. The first call on their time was to interact closely with the students. In addition, although concentrating on their teaching and working in an unfamiliar studio, each artist generously made an object for the RCA's collection. The Royal College of Art Visiting Artists Collection, now transferred to the V&A, is a major document of international contemporary jewellery, a tribute both to the artists and to the vibrancy of the RCA as a teaching institution.

The Belgian designer Siegfried be Buck has used part of a discarded aluminium radiator from a mini car to make the handle of this walking stick. Recycling was a theme of his masterclass at the RCA, and he encouraged students to visit scrap yards to find material for their work.
Collection
Accession number
M.68-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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