{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O154351"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154351/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT1612/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT1612/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2008BT1612","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Nora Fok","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2008BT1610","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Nora Fok","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O154351","accessionNumber":"M.11:1, 2-2008","objectType":"Earring","titles":[{"title":"Physalis","type":""}],"summaryDescription":"Nora Fok's intricate three dimensional jewels show her ability to capture the fragility and transient beauty of nature, her mastery of knitting and weaving in nylon filament and her vivid appreciation of colour. \r\n\r\nThese earrings are based on the Physalis, or Cape gooseberry, with its bright orange berry hidden within a brown, leaf-like outer shell. The berry is of knitted nylon while the outer shell is that of a real Physalis which has been treated so that just the skeleton remains.\r\n\r\nFok has written that she 'always had an affinity with nylon because of its unique qualities, light in weight, translucent, warm to the touch. It can be dyed and pigmented and is strong, becoming suitable to wear when transformed into jewellery'.","physicalDescription":"Pair of earrings, each of which consists of a sphere of orange knitted nylon filament hanging within a skeletonised physalis shell.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Fok, Nora","id":"A22145"},"association":{"text":"designer and maker","id":"x34662"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"nylon","id":"AAT14462"},{"text":"physalis shell","id":"x42542"}],"techniques":[{"text":"knitting","id":"AAT53634"},{"text":"dyeing","id":"AAT53049"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Dyed and knitted nylon monofilament and skeletonised physalis (Cape gooseberry) shells","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2008BT1612","2008BT1610"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES404601"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES404601"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Earring","id":""}],[{"text":"Earring","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Brighton","id":"x31136"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2006","earliest":"2006-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Supported by the Friends of the V&A","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"7.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'Physalis' earrings, dyed and knitted nylon monofilament and skeletonised physalis (Cape gooseberry) shells. Designed and made by Nora Fok. England, 2007.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Cape Gooseberries","id":"x43935"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.11:2-2008","M.11:1-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"11","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Earring [1]","Earring [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-21","recordCreationDate":"2008-05-08","availableToBook":true}}