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Memorial

By  Alke Schmidt 2014
1139 Sewing pins & transfer print on cotton Inspired by the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013. Each pin represents a worker who died as a result of the disaster. Part of the Tangled Yarns exhibition at the William Morris Gallery (2014/15) and at Cromford Mills (Sep/Oct 2015)

Photograph: Paul Tucker

Photograph: Paul Tucker

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