DesPlas, Peck not Prick, 2014. 65cm x 78.5cm x 5cm (26" x 31" x 2"). Hand stitch. Human hair, primed watercolour canvas.

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Andrea Barrios Aguilar, Threshold #8 (detail), 2018. 45cm x 40cm (18" x 16"). Textile slashing, sewing, cutting, folding.

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