
Blind Date
open as table, closed with legs folded (front and back) as pendant
Object/jewellery,
small table/locket/necklace
milled wax/cast silver, silver, patina, acrylic, ink on vellum, paper
6.8 w x 1.5 h (folded) x 1.5 d cm and 6.3 cm tall as standing table.
2010
The idea of being blind, literally and figuratively is explored using cultural artifacts while A Victorian medical practice is re-examined in a contemporary context. Blind Date is a date between two people who have never met. In this piece, I’ve taken an illustration from “The History of Gynaecology “ of a male doctor examining a woman, from the late 1800s. Etiquette required no eye contact during touching and often no talking was permitted. The pendant folds out into a free standing table that references a dinner date. The table top opens, to reveal that it is also a locket with an awkward, intimate moment illustration. |