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Conjoin

Sculpture
2002 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two-part sculpture of matt and polished colourless glass, of twisted bone-like shapes fitting together at a central joint and surmounted by two areas of coloured glass, hot-worked and tooled. Hand-blown, cut and polished. 30% lead glass (supplied by Stuart Crystal). Like much of Rennie's work, the piece may have been reduced in bulk by cutting by as much as 30 or 40%.

Object details

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Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

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TitleConjoin (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-blown, cut and polished 30% lead glass
Brief description
Two-part sculpture of matt and polished colourless glass, of twisted bone-like shapes fitting together at a central joint and surmounted by two areas of coloured glass, Colin Rennie, 2002.
Physical description
Two-part sculpture of matt and polished colourless glass, of twisted bone-like shapes fitting together at a central joint and surmounted by two areas of coloured glass, hot-worked and tooled. Hand-blown, cut and polished. 30% lead glass (supplied by Stuart Crystal). Like much of Rennie's work, the piece may have been reduced in bulk by cutting by as much as 30 or 40%.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
  • Length: 48.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Colin Rennie 2002', incised
Production
Originated at Wolverhampton University, and made at Sunderland National Glass Centre.
Bibliographic reference
Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File
Collection
Accession number
C.47:1, 2-2002

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2002
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