by Marie Shannon
2024
Sculptural Decorative Bottle
Height 290mm, Width 235mm, Depth 235mm, Weight 437g
Finalist - Sculpture on the Edge - 2024
Finalist - Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2024
Medium - Australian recycled pure uncoated copper and recovered beads being ceramic handmade beads from Kilimanjo in the 1970s.
How we wish we could rub the side of the bottle and the spirit of the Genie would emerge looking beautiful. Then, staring into our eyes, a wish would be granted.
The mythological spirit of Arabian folklore landed in the loungroom of Western children growing up in the 1960's and 1970's as we all fell in love with Barbara Eden's portrayal of a comical Genie in an American Sitcom.
Egyptian Genie Bottle
Copper is a magical natural product. Copper does not rust however it will age if subjected to different conditons. The changing of colour in copper that can happen over many years is often desired however if the piece is polished with any of the many polishes available, then the colouring may not appear.