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Artichoke Parachute Ring
Maker: Fok, Nora
Clear, whiteish nylon double finger ring, the small bezel ornamented with woven, tied knotted clear nylon threads
History note: Lesley Craze Gallery, 33-35a Clerkenwell Green, London, exhibiting at Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, 15-17 May 2009, where purchased by the donors
Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through The Art Fund
Height: 18 cm
Length: 33 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2009-07-13) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith
20th Century, Early
Elizabeth II
2007
CE
-
2008
CE
Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Nora Fok: ‘When I was investigating a dried artichoke seed head, I saw the cone-like structures emerging out of the spiky choke. The delicate parachutes with seeds as cargo slowly filled my work table. The most beautiful furry structures gliding in the air like a graceful dancer.’
Bezel
clear Nylon
Accession number: M.1-2009
Primary reference Number: 167425
Entry form number: 1026
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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