Carleton xDX Collection
Garden Tools Set
Plus Four Garden Tools (set of 2)
Related Entites
Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00061
Former Accession Number
992.4
Date
1992 (design)
Date Source
Design in Canada (2004), p. 26
Material/Technique
cast and polished aluminum
Measurement
4cm (height)
trowel
,
6cm (width)
trowel
,
27.5cm (length)
trowel
,
4cm (height)
garden cultivator
,
7cm (width)
garden cultivator
,
26cm (length)
garden cultivator
Physical Description
Aluminum garden cultivator and trowel.
Number of Components
2
Component Part Name
trowel, garden cultivator
AAT Culture
Canadian
Style or Period
Post-1945
Work Type AAT
garden tools
Description
"Todd Wood of Ottawa, with Allen Simpson Marketing and Design, developed a sophisticated casting procedure for his sinuous Plus Four garden tools. Wood originally intended the tools to be ceramic, but the design suited the cast-aluminum process."
Exhibited in DX Canada Designs for Business
Exhibited in DX Canada Designs for Business
Description Source
Design in Canada (2004), p. 26.
Provenance
By transfer from Design Exchange, originally gift of plus four garden tools