Notice catalographique « Jacobine Jones in process : a technical analysis »
- Titre
- Jacobine Jones in process : a technical analysis
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Mappin-Kasirer, Antonia
- Queen's University (Kingston, ON)
- Lieu de publication
- Kingston, ON
- Maison d'édition
- Queen's University
- Date de publication
- 2023
- Collation
- v, 65 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), charts, tables
- Série
- Queen's Master in Art Conservation
- Résumé
- This research project investigated six artifacts by the British-Canadian sculptor Jacobine Jones (1897-1976) with the goal of shedding light on the artist’s materials and techniques. These objects are part of Queen’s University’s holdings of Jacobine Jones’ work, from the 1990 acquisition of her studio contents and archives. Over 170 objects including sculptures, moulds, casts, maquettes, tools and material samples are housed at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. The Queen’s University Archives holds personal and business documents, photographs, sketches and notebooks. The six objects studied in this project were chosen from two series bookending Jacobine Jones’ career and include both “in-process pieces” and finished sculptures. From the series Happy Horse (1930), a metal-alloy cast, plaster cast, and rubber mould were examined. From the series Female Torso (1969), a clay maquette, plaster cast and plaster and rubber mould were examined. Methods of examination and analysis included multispectral imaging, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Analytical methods were combined with primary source archival research. Close study of the “in-process pieces” revealed complimentary information about the artist’s materials and techniques. Key takeaways from this research include Jones’ consistency in materials and techniques in her process of modelling and casting. Analysis suggests that Happy Horse (1930) is brass (copper-zinc alloy) rather than a bronze (copper-tin alloy), as previously identified in the sculpture’s documentation; that it was cast solid, with a mould pulled from the same plaster cast examined in this study. The plaster cast XRF of Happy Horse (plaster) revealed iron, copper, zinc and lead, suggesting that the original finish of the piece employed metallic pigments for a faux-bronze effect. The mould for Female Torso reveals information about its fabrication process: with evidence of burlap reinforcing the plaster mother mould, traces of a wax-based mould-release, and fading inscriptions of casting dates. In both mould polymers, analysis identified lead, sulfur and phthalate esters. Future research will include further investigation of the plastic mould material and variations in patination for plaster and metal-alloy casts.
- Notes
- Thesis (M.A.) -- Queen's University, 2023
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Artist's materials - Analysis
- Sculpture - Analysis
- Sculpture - Conservation and restoration
- Metals - Conservation and restoration
- Metals - Analysis
- Plaster sculpture - Analysis
- Plaster sculpture - Conservation and restoration
- Bronze sculpture - Analysis
- Bronze sculpture - Conservation and restoration
- Matérial d'artistes - Analyse
- Sculpture - Analyse
- Sculpture - Conservation et restauration
- Métaux - Analyse
- Métaux - Conservation et restauration
- Plâtres (Art) - Analyse
- Plâtres (Art) - Conservation et restauration
- Sculpture en bronze - Analyse
- Sculpture en bronze - Conservation et restauration
- Pays
- Canada
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- NB 1199 M37 2023
- Clé
- 19935
- Collection
- Catalogue