Our work Our creative programme Shape Collection Kate Murdoch - Bad Head Day Interested in this artwork? Email us about loans Kate Murdoch was the winner of the 2015-16 Shape Open. Her sculpture Bad Head Day was the winning piece, kindly donated to the collection by Kate after the exhibition. 'As a partially-deaf person. I spend a lot of time trying to make sense of the world around me. Hearing aids amplify, but don’t necessarily clarify sounds or the human voice. What’s going on? What’s being said? The frustration involved in struggling to hear and join in conversations can sometimes just all feel too much. ‘Bad Head Day’ is representative of the confusion and muddle I can sometimes find myself in: something akin to a head exploding.' Title Bad Head Day Artist Kate Murdoch Year 2014 Medium Ceramic, plastic wire Dimensions 10 x 20 x 8 (cm) Image description Photograph of a small ceramic sculpture. A delicate woman wearing an extravagant, tiered, pale pink ball gown has her arms raised to her head. In place of a human head, though, the sculpture has a messy knot of plastic wire, resembling a graphite scribble or a tumbleweed in shape. Loan status Available Check out the rest of the Shape Collection Work is available to loan on request. If you have any queries about the Shape Collection please contact [email protected]