David Hamilton

Early Bronzes

Cold, a polished bronze teardrop form topped by a cross-handled tap, mounted on a dark plinth, by David Hamilton
Cold, 1977Silicon bronze
Hot, a polished bronze bird-like curved neck topped by a cross-handled tap, mounted on a dark plinth, by David Hamilton
Hot, 1977Silicon bronze
People, a polished bronze teardrop form crowded with tiny embossed figures clustered along one side, by David Hamilton
People, 1977Silicon bronze
Twist, a polished bronze form spiralling upward from a rounded base to a small round disc handle, by David Hamilton
Twist, 1977Silicon bronze
For give us this day our daily bread, a polished bronze form of sliced loaves on an oval plate reading OUR DAILY BREAD, by David Hamilton
Forgive us this day our daily bread, 1977Silicon bronze
Zip, a polished bronze rounded form with a zip fastener embossed down one side, by David Hamilton
Zip, 1977Silicon bronze
Inviolable lock, a polished bronze form with a keyhole dial embossed INVIOLABLE LOCK, by David Hamilton
Inviolable lock, 1977Silicon bronze
Press, a polished bronze form embossed with the word PRESS beside ridged cylindrical shapes, by David Hamilton
Press, 1977Silicon bronze
Threaded, a polished bronze form with a threaded bolt-like section joining a rounded head to a curved neck, by David Hamilton
Threaded, 1977Silicon bronze
Tanned, a polished bronze star-shaped form pinned flat at its points like a stretched hide, by David Hamilton
Tanned, 1977Silicon bronze
Tasmanian Woodchip Future, a small crumpled bronze form with a tag reading TASMANIAN WOODCHIP FUTURE, resting on black leather, by David Hamilton
Sleep on little piggy, 1977Silicon bronze
Nautilus, a polished bronze vessel coiled into a spiral nautilus shell shape, by David Hamilton
Nautilus, 1975Silicon bronze
Container Form 2, a gunmetal bronze vessel with a bell-shaped mouth, its polished surface embossed with a ribbed fern-like relief, by David Hamilton
Container Form 2, 1974Gunmetal bronze
Container Form 1, a polished silicon bronze spiral shell form, ribbed and coiling to a point, on an outdoor timber post, by David Hamilton
Container Form 1, 1974Silicon bronze