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1000 Pricks: Hardwick

By Vicki Cooke 2016
From a series of works looking at historical craftwomen, as part of a collaborative project with Maidstone Museum to highlight the work by women in their collection. The images are made up of pin-pricks, inspired by a brief craze for making such drawings in the late 1700s.
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Sandpaper: Ellen Day Hale

Erased, Redrawn: Artemesia Gentilschi

Sandpaper: Judith Leyster

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