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In the Garden

By  Mary Down 2020
A 'one off' artist book. Drum leaf binding with four double spreads, relief prints on cyanotype background. Digital text on the front opening page using words from an old hymn by C. Austin Miles. Words made popular by Deniece Williams and Elvis Presley. 'I come to the garden alone'.
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