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This turned-wood sculpture was made for an exhibition of funeral urns. Once the wood had been turned, it was sculpted and then coloured with paint and crayons. The design of the urn recalls the shape of natural shells, inspired by their prehistoric presence on earth – a living house, a paradox for a funeral urn.
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Alain Mailland
Chamborigaud, France
Alain Mailland first studied fine arts but his heart wasn’t really in it. After two years he gave up and went to earn a living on building sites as a ...
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