Roly-Poly Chair / Earth (prototype) ²⁰¹⁶

Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly Chair is part of Assemblage 5, a series in which she reverts to the ancient animistic notion that water, earth, and moon have a spirit. In her material language, these are personified by lithium-barium crystal, cob composite, and silver nitrate on bronze. The form of the works was inspired by primitive objects such as cups, benches, spoons, and beads.