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Personal Column

Carved from a single piece of willow. Once the bark was removed, the original form was already suggested in that the navel and female genitalia could be clearly seen in one side of the tree trunk. I carved the male representation on the other side of the trunk thus the sculpture, when viewed in the round, shows a male side and a female side. The subtext is 'man with thin right leg seeks woman with thin right leg for a balanced relationship', redolent of adverts in those personal columns, particularly in the disability press.