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Shift

Materiality: Provisional States Exhibition at Hestercombe House French polished logs. Composite work. Table: 1800 x 1200 mm Logs destined for fire-wood were collected from Hestercombe’s grounds and transformed through sanding and French polishing.. Shift in status - treating firewood to the same care a fine piece of domestic furniture would have been shown, and shift referring to the process behind the work - the time spent in bringing the material to life.
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