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Lesley Turner, 'Laundry Mantra: Off the Peg', 2021, 28" x 28". Vintage cotton domestic linens, metal, and wood pegs, plastic rings, buttons, and polyester thread. A laundry mantra represented by a mandala is repeatedly uttered to keep the mind and body focused on a demanding repetitive task that also requires great attention to detail.

From Lesley Turner

  1. Laundry Mantra: Close All Zippers by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Laundry Mantra: Close All Zippers

    Vintage hand embroidered domestic linens embellished with metal snaps, plastic buttons and zippers

    36 x 36 x 0.5 in

    C$225

  2. Interdependence by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Interdependence

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

    24 x 24 x 0.5 in

  3. Scorch: Reverie by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Scorch: Reverie

    Vintage embroidered hand towel, cotton bedsheet, polyester thread

    30 x 20 x 0.5 in

    C$250

  4. The Art of Concealment by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    The Art of Concealment

    Cotton and linen tea towels and cotton doily

    96 x 45 x 36 in

    NFS

  5. Friend or Foe by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Friend or Foe

    Hand stitching on cotton linen vintage teatowels installed on a line.

    32 x 40 x 1.5 in

    NFS

  6. Home Comfort by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Home Comfort

    Hand-knit wool and cotton installation.

    NFS

  7. Forest Reliquary by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Forest Reliquary

    Vintage embroidered cotton tablecloth, polyester & cotton thread, earth pigments, leaf skeletons, deer bones, maple tree samaras, fern spores

    28 x 16 x 2 in

  8. Postcards From Fundy #4 1820-1860 by Lesley Turner, Image 1.

    Postcards From Fundy #4 1820-1860

    cotton, wool, hemp, linen, canvas

    16 x 24 x 0.5 in

    C$700