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Dreaming into the future

By Rachel Shephard 2025

Iron, feather pillow, gold thread, hand cast in jesmonite, ribbon, thread dyed with madder root, soil, imitation gold leaf, jesminte cast pine cone with paper lay flower, water colour.

This work considers the connection between dreams and the unconscious with the earth.

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Inside/outside III

Inside/Outside I, II, III

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