Ghisha Koenig

[4] During World War II she was a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

[5] Between 1955 and 1956 she spent time observing and sketching people at work at an ink factory in Kent.

The resulting sculpture was created in clay and made in cast concrete.

This exhibition included works created from 1968 to 1986 from three series, The Glassworks, The Tentmakers and The Plate and Coil Shop.

[9] Public commissions include the Ministry of Work, 1950; Festival of Britain, 1951; St. John the Divine, 1961; Dalton House School, Sevenoaks, Kent 1986.

The Machine Minders by Ghisha Koenig