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Elizabeth Banfield – The Sword of Remembrace

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Linocut applique, three colours from 7 blocks on Japanese Kozo Igusa stitched to BFK Rives with cotton embroidery thread
Edition of 30
Image size: 65 x 22. cm
Paper size: 77 x 32.5 cm
Printed by the artist at Firestation Print Studio, Armadale VIC
PCA Print Commission 2010

The asymmetric, avian leaf of the Mountain Ash has become a recurring symbol in my work. When a blade of grass is placed through a small slit along the central vein, it becomes a sword; like those of the games of my childhood in the Adelaide Hills. I can carve cartographic lines within their shapes, transcribing a venerated memory.

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