wall art

 "Mataruri Bay"


Last May I found a long piece of rope on the beach at Matauri Bay, Northland, on my annual beachcombing trip to 90 Mile Beach.
I have enclosed the length into a perspex case I found in the New World supermarket carpark here in Browns Bay.
The Photoshopped image below gives an idea as to how the work could look in a contemporary setting:


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