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Fragments, tears and lace
Fragments, tears and lace by Sharon Peoples is an exhibition of lace-like textiles that explores aspects of the construction, meanings and uses of lace. The lace handkerchief was crafted primarily for its aesthetic qualities and its social references. It was largely impractical, but the lace handkerchief developed into a practical, woven textile which also signified the development of manners in a rapidly changing world.
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This series by Catherine Cloran was made in Spring 2016 during a three-month sojourn in rural Italy. I had planned to walk through the countryside taking photos, however, a broken foot meant that I was confined to the passenger seat of a car instead. In an effort to make the most of an unfortunate situation, I started shooting through the side window. The foreground rushed by faster than the background and seemed to shred into transparent sheets that covered…
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