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Shards - Milk bowl
Shards - Milk bowl
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
35x28cm
2024

Stitched with wire, shards of a Venda clay pot form a vessel shape. Set against a creamy background, the vessel's fleshy tone evokes a breast in milk, connecting the human form to the natural world. Here, the mother is the vessel, a conduit back to nature.