Alison Lowry‘jack fell down’
Pate de verre, found objects
Dimensions: h20 x w24 x d23 cm
Date: 2011
I found the original babies bonnet on ebay. It is old and is made from Irish Crochet lace.
I realised that I was looking at a mothers keepsakes from her own children’s childhoods. In the same way I kept my children’s first shoes. My own mother never kept any of our clothing, but as she was a dentist, has kept all of our baby teeth. It seemed fitting to display the bonnet with the teeth, and to add a title that alludes to the darker side to childhood, which nursery ryhmes often did.
