Claude Lalanne French, 1925-2019
Set of Flower Hair Pins
galvanised copper
large hair pin: 5.1 x 6.5 x 1.8 cm
small hair pin: 6.8 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm
small hair pin: 6.8 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm
unique
© Claude Lalanne
For Lalanne everything has a function. In these works her mastery of electroplating sits centre stage. Through this method she transformed organic material into copper by running it through a...
For Lalanne everything has a function. In these works her mastery of electroplating sits centre stage. Through this method she transformed organic material into copper by running it through a bath of copper sulphate. Working intuitively, she then joined each piece together and heated them to obtain her signature pinkish hue, a method she utilised all the way up until her death in 2019.
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