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Big Stick (hip), Big Stick (arm pit), Big Stick (collar), 2015, at Rabley Drawing Centre

By  Helen Barff 2016
Jesmonite, found sticks, 124 x 50 x 10cm, 150 x 20 x 23cm, 174 x 14 x 15cm Rabley Drawing Centre, 2015. Casts of clothes from specific parts of the body e.g. arm pit or hip, casts onto found sticks. The length of the stick corresponds to the height of that part of the body.
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Untitled (Shoulder) - detail

Untitled (OWS)

Stick, 2014

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