questions aboutRigid - industrial product

• What year was the artwork made?
• Was it made after 1950?

  NA YES NO
• Do you see a brand name or logo anywhere?

  NA YES NO
  • Search on the internet or in the digital tool to find more information.

    NA YES NO
• Do you see a triangular plastic recycle symbol with a number or an abbreviation in it?

  

  NA YES NO
  • The numbers 1-6 represent specific plastics as shown in the image. Number 7 stands for 'other' plastics. Sometimes there is an abbreviation of the plastic in or under the recycle symbol.

    NA YES NO
• Can you see sprue pin marks?

  

  NA YES NO
• Can you see small circular (ejector pin) marks?

  

  NA YES NO
• Are there plastic hinges in the object?

  

  NA YES NO
• Is the object hollow and consisting of just one piece because it is rotated or blown up in a mould? (And is the opening smaller than the object itself?)

  

  NA YES NO
  • Is it flexible like reference sample R-01?

    NA YES NO
• Is the object 3D printed?

  

  NA YES NO
  • Are the lines on the object evenly spaced?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Do the lines on the object have a grainy appearance?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Is it flexible?

      NA YES NO
    • Is it whitish in colour?

      NA YES NO
• Has an object been cast inside transparent plastic?

  

  NA YES NO
  • Is the object colourless and transparent but strongly dsicoloured?

    

    NA YES NO
• Is the object vacuum formed?

  

  NA YES NO
• Are there fibres (glass, carbon or textile) visible in the plastic?

  

  NA YES NO
• Does the object consist as one object and has two colours (inside and outside)?

  

  NA YES NO
• Can you estimate the value of the industrially made product the artist has used?

  NA YES NO
  • Was the industrially made object a single use product and thus inexpensive to produce?

    

    NA YES NO
• Is the material recycled?

  NA YES NO
• Was the object made for a specific purpose?

  NA YES NO
  • Is it an electric cable?

    NA YES NO
  • Is it a (part of) home appliance?

    NA YES NO
  • Is it a toy?

    NA YES NO
    • Is it a relatively high quality toy and rigid?

      NA YES NO
    • Is it an inexpensive toy?

      NA YES NO
  • Is it furniture?

    NA YES NO
  • It is a frame of a pair of glasses?

    NA YES NO
  • Is it a knitting needle, button, buckle, fountain pen or a similar 'luxury article' with a marble effect?

    NA YES NO
• Is the object made of an imitation of a certain type of material?

  NA YES NO
  • Does the object have parallel lines like imitation ivory?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Does the material look like tortoise shell?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Does the material look like leather?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Was it used in a high quality object?

      NA YES NO
    • Was it used in an object that needs to be cleaned easily such as the fabric covering chairs in a train?

      NA YES NO
  • Is the material amber in colour?

    

    NA YES NO
• Is the object transparent?

  NA YES NO
  • Is the object thicker than 1 cm and crystal clear?

    NA YES NO
  • Is the object colourless and transparent?

    NA YES NO
    • Can you shine a UV on the object? (Please note: yellowing can effect fluorescence!)

      NA YES NO
      • Does the object clearly fluoresce under UV like reference sample P-02? (light up)

        NA YES NO
        • Does the object fluoresce yellow/green under UV like reference sample F-04?

          NA YES NO
        • Does the object fluoresce white/blue/purple under UV like reference sample P-02?

          NA YES NO
      • Does the object fluoresce under UV like reference sample P-01? (does not light up)

        NA YES NO
• Does the object have a high gloss?

  

  NA YES NO
  • Does the object give you an idea of quality?

    NA YES NO
• Does the object allow light to pass through it (translucent)?

  

  NA YES NO
• Is the object brightly coloured?

  

  NA YES NO
• Does the object have a light colour?

  

  NA YES NO
• Does the object have a (slightly) orange peel?

  NA YES NO
• Has the surface been altered by the artist?

  NA YES NO
  • Is the surface painted?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Did the artist scratch the surface?

    

    NA YES NO
• Is there visible damage/degradation?

  NA YES NO
  • Are there visible cracks and breakages?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Are the cracks star shaped (due to a point of impact)?

      

      NA YES NO
  • Have small pieces crumbled away?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Did this happen due to craquelure?

      

      NA YES NO
  • Is the surface visibly chipped?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Do the chips look layered like slate?

      

      NA YES NO
  • Can you see discolouration/yellowing?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Is there visible craquelure?

    

    NA YES NO
    • Does the craquelure have the form of sugar crystal/small squares?

      

      NA YES NO
  • Is there visible crazing like reference sample R-06?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Is the object distorted? (warped)

    

    NA YES NO
  • Does the object show white efflorescence/bloom?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Does the object show liquid efflorescence/weeping?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Are there scratches on the object?

    NA YES NO
    • Are the scratches small and superficial?

      

      NA YES NO
    • Are the scratches large and deep?

      

      NA YES NO
  • Have blisters formed on the surface?

    

    NA YES NO
• Does the plastic have a smell?

  NA YES NO
  • Does it have a vinegar/sour smell like reference sample G-04?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell sweet like a shower curtain/swimming arm bands like reference sample G-05?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it have a sweet chemical smell like reference sample G-06?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell like camphor/moth balls like reference sample G-03?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell like old tupperware/plastic bags like reference sample G-01?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell like styrene like reference sample G-09?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell like a printed circuit board (old electronics) like reference sample G-07?

    NA YES NO
  • Does it smell like sulphur?

    NA YES NO
• Can you touch the object?

  open the questions
  Beware: touching it can damage the artwork!
  
  
• Can you tap the object with the ticking tool? (Please note: the shape of the object can effect it's sound)

  NA YES NO
  • Does it give a tinny sound when you tap on it like reference sample R-03?

    NA YES NO
  • Is the sound more like reference sample P-05? (dull) than reference sample R-02? (sharp)

    NA YES NO
• Can you touch the object?

  NA YES NO
  • Is the object as flexible as reference sample R-01?

    NA YES NO
  • Is the object thinner than 0.5 cm?

    NA YES NO
    • Is the object as inflexible and hard as reference sample R-02?

      NA YES NO
  • Does the object have some flexibility like reference sample R-03?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the plastic feel cold like touch reference sample R-02?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the plastic feel waxy like touch reference sample R-04?

    NA YES NO
• Can you test the object / take a sample?

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  Beware: taking a sample can damage the artwork!
  
  
• Can you make a mark on the object with the porcupine quill like reference sample P-07?

  NA YES NO
  • Does it feel like you can really press into the material like reference sample P-07?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the scratch appear to be superficial like reference sample P-06?

    NA YES NO
• Can you take a (very small) sample?

  NA YES NO
  • Is it easy to cut off a sample and when you do, does it curl up?

    

    NA YES NO
  • If you cut off a sample does the material crumble easily?

    

    NA YES NO
  • If you cut off a sample does it create a white surface?

    

    NA YES NO
  • Does the sample float in water?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the sample float in 1.10 density?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the sample float in 1.19 density?

    NA YES NO
  • Does the sample float in 1.26 density?

    NA YES NO