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Basket Cases 2: Lockdown Series

By  Danny Manning 2020
An ongoing series of works exploring mental health issues and the impact of Lockdown during the Covid-19 Crisis through basketry. The series makes reference to the brain and spine through the repeated calming activity of weaving and twisting a range of natural collected materials.
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