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Left to Right; 'Chevron Girl', 2025, polymer plaster, 29 x 25 x 14.5 cm; ‘Hope with a Stick’ 2025, polymer plaster, painted wood, 28.5 x 30 x 24.5 cm; ‘Safe Return’ 2025 polymer plaster, fabric 25.5 x 21.5 x 13 cm Photo: Katharine Davies courtesy Close Ltd

'Untitled Shirt (OWS)', 2011, plaster, 43 x 30 x 26 cm

'Flock', 2013 - 21, plaster, concrete, jesmonite, steel fixings, various sizes approximately 25 x 8 x 12 cm each.

‘Flock' detail - Untitled (STB), 2011, Plaster, 30 x 12.5 x 9.5 cm

'Handsome Legs', 2021, fibro cement, polystyrene, steel, wood, lead, felt, 118 x 70 x 36 cm

Left to Right; ‘Flock’; 'Handsome Legs', installation at Close Ltd, 2022

Top to Bottom; 'Mama Sunshine', 2021, cotton skirt, fibreglass reinforced jesmonite, steel fixings, 77 x 14 x 177 cm; 'Stack', 2018, jesmonite, 53 x 38 x 28 cm

'Mama Sunshine', 2021, cotton skirt, fibreglass reinforced jesmonite, steel fixings, 77 x 14 x 177 cm

‘Blessed', 2021, jesmonite, steel, paint, wooden shelf, 190 x 28 x 35 cm

‘Blessed’ detail, 2021, jesmonite, steel, paint, wooden shelf, 190 x 28 x 35 cm

‘Eleven', 2019, jesmonite, rope, concrete, 675 x 60 x 18 cm

'Pillbox Studies', 2022, ink and paint on paper, 10.5 x 14.5cm each

‘Pockets', 2013 - 2022, install at I Wrap My Fear Around Me Like A Blanket, Close Ltd, 2022

'Pocket 28', 2013, plaster, 9.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm

'Pocket 24', 2013, plaster, 10 x 11.5 x 7 cm

I Wrap My Fear Around Me Like A Blanket, solo exhibition, Close Ltd, 2022

Left to Right; 'Big Washing Diptych’, 2024, paint, ink and chalk on paper, 140 x 88 cm; ‘Drip', 2024, polymer plaster, washing line cord, steel, 110 x 31 x 27 cm, plus cord extended to ceiling.

'Pink Heart / Blue Johanna', 2024, polymer plaster, concrete blocks, wood, painted steel poles, 137.5 x 78 x 72 cm

'Propped II', 2024, plaster on clay tiles, 27 x 22 x 22 cm

'Small washing vows drawn with fingers', 2024, ink, pencil, chalk on plaster, 19 x 14 x 3 cm each

'Suspension / Drawn with Ink Stained Fingers', 2024, paint, ink, chalk on paper, 146 x 185 cm

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