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Splitting

By Lucy Brown 2025

Soap has and bathed the human body for thousands of years. Hair has always been part of this personal ritual, either embodied or dis-embodied.  Together; melted, poured and solidified, soap and hair become a repulsive viewing. Stranded, entwined and in the action of splitting, a limbo anxious state surfaces.

Pouring hair ball 2021 1731422577 Lucy Brown

Waiting for you to….

Mary Hindles’ bit of skirt 1826

“They loved to breathe beauty, tradition and romanticism…” woven hair mementos

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