Unknown Hero
Matrials: 12 x 18ct Plated Die Stamped Silver, Enamel inlayed Fine gold foils & wires, 18ct plated 9ct Hand fabricated Pins, Hand Embossed Paper.
Frame Size : 40x50cm - Acrylic Box Frame
Hallmarked : 2012
Price : £2400
Frame Size : 40x50cm - Acrylic Box Frame
Hallmarked : 2012
Price : £2400
This piece was part of a set of work made for the COLLECT 2012 exhbition displayed by the BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE Liverpool.
The theme of their exhbition was "HEROIC"
My research for the theme lead me to realise that there are many stories behind scientific advances, where there are people who go about work that is heroic. However, they are humble and largely go unmentioned. The format of these cases are consiquently intentionally ambiguous.
"Unknown" consists of 12 mini medal shapes hung in a circle format on a hand embossed paper surface. The images in the small medals are made in fine gold wire and foils. Fired onto transparent white enamel, they are based on drawings of matter in petri dishes, and inspired by an illustration of work done by German scientist Robert Koch, who worked in the same era as Perkins, another scientist who's work I based my submissions on. Koch became one of the founders of bacteriology. The ribbons are white to symbolise hope of new discovery and the circle shape is for continuity.
The paper embossed lines echo the flow drawings of the colour panels and the drawings by Koch.
The theme of their exhbition was "HEROIC"
My research for the theme lead me to realise that there are many stories behind scientific advances, where there are people who go about work that is heroic. However, they are humble and largely go unmentioned. The format of these cases are consiquently intentionally ambiguous.
"Unknown" consists of 12 mini medal shapes hung in a circle format on a hand embossed paper surface. The images in the small medals are made in fine gold wire and foils. Fired onto transparent white enamel, they are based on drawings of matter in petri dishes, and inspired by an illustration of work done by German scientist Robert Koch, who worked in the same era as Perkins, another scientist who's work I based my submissions on. Koch became one of the founders of bacteriology. The ribbons are white to symbolise hope of new discovery and the circle shape is for continuity.
The paper embossed lines echo the flow drawings of the colour panels and the drawings by Koch.