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Not What it Seams – Alison King

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Where have all my troubles gone? [Doll sizes range from 35 – 90 cms] Alison King

On the same day that I made drawings from the beautiful collection of Chinese dolls at Bankfield Museum, I came across a bag of ‘Worry Dolls’ in the museum gift shop. I immediately envisaged small oriental figures escaping from a bag and flying away with all one’s worries.

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