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Lesley Turner, 'Boxed Shirt', 2022, 12"x10". Men's cotton business shirts, plastic buttons, metal pins. Once, fine shirts arrived folded in boxes, pins securing the wearer’s power and prestige.

From Lesley Turner

  1. Laundry Mantra: Hook 'em Up by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Laundry Mantra: Hook 'em Up

    Vintage domestic linens embellished with snaps, metal hooks, plastic hookss

    32 x 32 x 0.5 in

    C$225

  2. The Businessman and the Launderer by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    The Businessman and the Launderer

    Manipulated cotton men's business shirts hand-stitiched

    18 x 22 x 1 in

    C$300

  3. White Collar Blue Collar by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    White Collar Blue Collar

    Men's cotton shirt collars, polyester thread, bed sheet

    20 x 10 x 0.5 in

    C$280

  4. Scorch: Oops by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Scorch: Oops

    Battenberg lace pillow case, cotton bedsheet, polyester thread

    22 x 22 x 0.5 in

    C$250

  5. Stain, Launder, Repeat by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Stain, Launder, Repeat

    Tree stained afternoon tea cloth, composted doily, polyester and cotton thread

    37 x 34 x 0.5 in

    C$525

  6. Origins 1 by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Origins 1

    Vintage wool blankets hand and machine stitched and cut back applique.

    77 x 71 x 1 in

  7. Battle Fatigue/s by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Battle Fatigue/s

    Chair covered with wool military uniforms and crochet doily

    37 x 28 x 34 in

    NFS

  8. L'heritage des Ursulines by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    L'heritage des Ursulines

    Vintage buttons machine sewn on fabric.

    21 x 26 x 1.5 in