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Sidney Smith 300 AN I

By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/sharonbaker" title="Sharon Baker" class="inline font-bold underline transition-opacity duration-100 hover:opacity-50 focus:opacity-50"> Sharon Baker </a> 2015
Two plate photo-polymer/photo-etching printed on Somerset Velvet white 300gsm paper 2015, edition of 8 image size approx 200 x 205 mm, paper/mount size approx 320 x330mm
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This print is in an edition of 12 & exhibited at the Worcester Open 2013 and the Ludlow Open 2013. It is from a series of small photopolymer etchings based on the manhole covers, hydrants and boundary boxes we pass by every day. I am interested in the geometric designs, numerals and text they display, as well as their presence as historical markers of urbanisation and as access points to the networks and infrastructure that underpin our lives. Image size 80 x 80 mm, paper/mount size 190 x…

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