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Solace

R Chesney

Intervention / installation in a historic house. Hand screen printed & hand embroidered linen, four poster bed drapes; and hand screen printed bed cover. Hand-embroidered tally marks edge the fabric representing ‘days’ ticked off, while medicine boxes with the same motifs have been placed beside the bed. Commissioned by Astley Hall and shown during Hidden from Light solo exhibition at the Hall in 2022.
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