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TO SORN: 5 miles in and sunny skies

Primary TitleBrooch

Artist Jonathan Boyd (Scottish, born 1984)

Date2016

MediumOxidized silver, acyclic colour and binder, polymer lacquer, and epoxy resin

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 3 × 1 1/4 inches (9.53 × 7.62 × 3.18 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Robert A. Hiller

Object number2017.13

MarkingsThe piece has five hallmarks on the back of the brooch in a single line. The marks are as follows: [JMB] in rectangle (the artist's mark, his initials), the Lion passant (mark for sterling silver), 925 in oval (quality of silver), London assay office mark (a silhouette of a leopard’s head), and "r" (date mark for 2016)

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionComposed of three parts made of oxidized silver, the brooch is fabricated using both hand techniques such as sheet forming and soldering and methods such as digital photography and ceramic transfers. A flat square surface with a superimposed image of a brick wall, abuts an isosceles trapezoid with an inclined surface. The surface bears the image of an unspecified landscape and strokes of bright yellow paint which distort the image. Lastly a hollow square tube with a superimposed image of a bright blue sky appears to hover above the two flat scenes, but is connected to the larger one by two dowels. There is a two-pronged pin used to fasten the brooch to the wearer’s garment. On one of the pin clasps on the back of the piece, five makers' marks are in a row.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2017.

Published References

Shannon Tufts, "Fleeting Moments Made Solid," Crafts, no. 264 (January/February 2017): 69 (repro.).

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