Glenfiddich Barrel Art by Johnson Banks
25 November 2008
For this year’s ‘Barrel Art’ initiative Glenfiddich whisky asked the London-based design consultancy Johnson Banks to interpret the length of time it takes for Glenfiddich single malt whisky to mature in barrels.
Michael Johnson and his team decided to focus on the ‘jobs’ that each part of the barrel have to do over the different lengths of time the five different whiskies mature.
The shortest length of time whisky is in a barrel is 12 years, the longest is 30. The 5 finished works will be exhibited at the Studio Warehouse Gallery in Glasgow from the 24th - 27th November.
1996 - ‘for 12 years my flavour will grow and grow’
1993 - ‘we will stand guard for 15 years’, 32 staves of a barrel and sand blasts type out of their charred surface.
1990 - ‘our bond is unbroken for 18 years’, an ‘impossible’ barrel is made out of..
1987 - ‘for 21 years we take a share’, over the course of 21 years, nearly half a barrel of liquid will evaporate. legend has it that this is the ‘angel’s share’.
1978 - ‘I will wait for 11,000 nights - I will wait for 11,000 days’ - 30 years
26 November 2008 г. в 15:45
A good story. I’d imagine it would be quite difficult fashion some art from a mundane whisky barrel.