Summary
Enamelled sheet of copper made by Martha Ash, circa 1996. Martha Ash was born in Poland in 1920 and lost all her family in the Holocaust. She came to Australia in 1949 where she studied ceramics, sculpture silver smithing, enamelling and glass mosaic. This copper sheet illustrates part of the metal enamelling process where metal enamel pigment has been fired onto a copper sheet.
Physical Description
Sheet of copper which has been enamelled an orangey colour on one side.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from (Estate of) Martha Ash, 03 Feb 1997
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User
Mrs Martha Ash, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1996
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Overall Dimensions
30 cm (Length), 12.2 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Artworks, Crafts, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Jewish Communities, Jewish Customs, Jewish Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Religions: Judaism
