Artwork Details
- Title
- Spinning Bell
- Artist
- Manufacturer
- Bradley Metal Design
- Date
- 1992
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 13 1⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 x 3 1⁄8 in. (33.3 x 30.7 x 8.0 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1992, Brad Silberberg
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Robert and E. Pat Schaffer
- Mediums Description
- forged steel and brass with sanded black oxide finish
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 1997.17A-C
Artwork Description
Brad Silberberg has made more than one hundred and sixty stamping tools. He uses an air hammer to drive these stamps and their unique designs into the hot metal. The hammered marks and blackened finishes give Silberberg’s objects an aged quality. We see this in Spinning Bell, which appears weathered, the black oxide finish fading away to reveal patches of shiny steel.