an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. One of the great figures

One of the great figures of 20th century art

mr ironbar chose to solve the problem of art breakages and wastage by encouraging the women artists to transfer their designs to brass which was a far more durable and luxurious material

a framed folk art silk/ wool work flag styled as the regimental flag/ colours of the 76th west riding regiment

they were items  designed to be seen

the artist would only use a little poetic freedom when it came to the flags and pennants which are nearly always flying perfectly in a direction contrary to the wind

an embossed brass dish depicting " all of you " from old calabar. One of the great figuresan antique embossed brass dish from old calabar depicting the tortoise named " all of you " the main charecter in the allegorical tale from igbo folklore " the tortoise and the birds " dating from around 1910 350mm diameter. (the dish has a couple of small stress fractures on the tortoise shell.) "The Tortoise and the Birds" is a folktale where the cunning but greedy tortoise tricks the birds into giving him feathers to fly to a feast in the sky.