Laura Splan, HIV from her Doilies series, 2004freestanding computerized machine embroidered lace mounted on velvet16.75” x 16.75” each (framed dimensions)

Doilies is a series of computerized machine embroidered doilies.  The design of each doily is based on a different viral structure. […]   Here domestic artifacts and heirlooms manifest the psychological heredity of our cultural anxieties.

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Laura Splan, HIV from her Doilies series, 2004
freestanding computerized machine embroidered lace mounted on velvet
16.75” x 16.75” each (framed dimensions)

Doilies is a series of computerized machine embroidered doilies. The design of each doily is based on a different viral structure. […] Here domestic artifacts and heirlooms manifest the psychological heredity of our cultural anxieties.

via Laura Splan

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