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About The Artwork
Size: 12.5 x 9.5 x 5cm This artwork shows a scrimshaw design engraved into the surface of a real Nautilus shell. The design is inspired by scrimshaw art made by men on whaling ships, who engraved artwork into teeth and bones of the whales they caught. This artwork is engraved in the style of sailors' tattoos. The engraving shows a ship in a bottle caught in the tentacles of the Nautilus. The ship in the bottle is named the 'Essex'. The 'Essex', a real whaling ship, was sunk by an angry sperm whale seeking revenge in 1820. This artwork sees the Nautilus dreaming it was as large and powerful, snaring its own 'Essex' in its tentacles. The title is taken from the poem, 'The Chambered Nautilus' by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Found Objects on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:4.9 W x 3.7 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:United Kingdom.
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Kate Ive is an award-winning Edinburgh-based artist. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2008 with a degree in Sculpture BA (Hons), and works from her studio at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW). Kate sculpts and carves on both a monumental and minute scale with an eye for detail and intricacy in a wide range of materials including amongst others bronze, concrete, lead, jesmonite, wax and Corten steel. Kate pays close attention to the technical processes she uses in the production of her artwork including, drawing, engraving, scrimshaw, sculpting, medal making, casting, working with found objects, metal plating and 3D modelling. Kate has undertaken a number of notable public art commission and has work in world recognised public collections.
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