And Then She Made the Lasses, O

And Then She Made the Lasses, O

And Then She Made the Lasses, O

By: Hazel White, 1996
Medium: cast bronze
Size: 87 x 72mm
Cast by: Jack Spencer
Issue: The Medal, no. 29 (1996)
Edition: 52

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Hazel White (b. 1965) is a lecturer in metalwork and jewellery at Sheffield Hallam University. She studied at Edinburgh University (1982- 5), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (1989-93), and the Royal College of Art (1993-5). As well as being a finalist in the Platinum Award competition in 1993 and 1994, she won a prize in the Royal Mint’s student medal competition also in 1994. Her work has been seen in exhibitions in Britain, Spain and Belgium, and her Untitled medal was included in the Royal College of Art’s touring exhibition, Obverse Reverse. She joined Sheffield Hallam University as a full time lecturer in 1996. Her BAMS medal has a handprint on one side, and a female form and text on the other. The text is from Robert Burns’ poem ‘Green grow the rushes, O’. The full verse is: Auld Nature swears the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O; Her ‘prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O.