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Whalebone

By  SALT+SHAW 2016
2015 Edition of 3 Hardback artefact book with letterpress printed poem, laser etching and 3 original drawings in pencil, crayon, graphite and gold leaf. Front cover contains a slice of whale bone. Back cover frames hand cut whale inlaid in leather. Canson, Waterford, Japanese, architectural and hand made sandpaper. "The whale’s bone has a tale of its own."
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