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Tailored Solutions (Cut Here)

By Bob Budd 2017
`Cut Here' - Chesil Beach, Portland, Dorset, UK A cut line `stitched’ into the beach with red cloth. These works came about after I had met an old local tailor - I was originally attracted by his shop, which looked as if it had come from an earlier age. It seemed he had moved down to Portland from Manchester because of his love of the sea and for sailing. My works were an attempt to bring together two very different themes – tailoring and the beach/sea. I started by imagining the beach as the tailor’s work table………..
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Tulip Wall

Pond (No.3)

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