Grace Pundyk, heirloom #7, 2021, vintage Australiana linen tea towels, silk cocoons, linen thread, silk organza thread, beeswax, cornstarch, wire, 20cm d x 150cm
The dacha is a country house found across Eastern Europe where families can enjoy being close to nature.
On this poor, indigent ground
I shall sow flowers of flowing colours;
I shall sow flower even amidst the frost,
And water them with my bitter tears.
Lesia Ukrainka Contra spem spero
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