Carleton xDX Collection
Trowel
Plus Four Garden Trowel
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Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00061a
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
Physical Description
Aluminum garden cultivator and trowel.
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