Thinking about Coltan

By David Ainley 2017

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Coloured and graphite pencils on Saunders Waterford paper with cut-out form

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Spire, Quarry: Sloping Ground, Red

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Wheal Bal (Veins)

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Limestone Landscape, Quarries and Spire

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