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Sessile Oak (Business Directory of Cardiff, 1913)
Paper sculpture comprising a bound Cardiff business directory for 1913 in an open position, into which has been cut in receding layers the outline of Cardiff's city boundaries at various dates from 1905 to the present, onto which modelled in steel wire a sessile oak covered with paper cut from the directory and showing the names of businesses, individually hand-cut leaves glued to the branches. Separately, a framed montage of adverts cut from the directory.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51753
Creation/Production
Su, Blackwell
Date: 2017
Acquisition
Gift, 30/8/2017
Given by Cardiff Business Club
Measurements
Height
(cm): 45.5
Width
(cm): 36
Depth
(cm): 24.5
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
twisted
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glued
Material
Paper
wire
Location
In store
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