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Helping Hands (work in progress)

Helping Hands incudes a series of cast hands used to hold together a structure of metal pipes. The work has been developed out of a peer-to-peer exchange which focused on knowledge exchange, shared learning and mutual support. Using casts of each peers hands, the work represents the relationship formed - knowing that by working together through a supportive methodology, we can hold each other up.

DSCF0044 1721384283 Simone Hesselberg

Not so supportive structure

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