by Claire Davenhall

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Sea of Knowledge

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The World Book Encyclopedia’s mission is to enhance our learning of the world around us, but in the digital age, these books lay closed, unread and castaway. Knowledge is as vast as the ocean, the world drifts on a sea of knowledge that spills into the ocean and goes untold. These convict soles are taken from the shoes of convict women on-board the first fleet on the Lady Penrhyn Ship in 1788, which were condemned to the margins of history. Folklore suggested that the broad arrow, a symbol of government property, was stamped on the sole of each shoe, so if tried to escape, they would point in the direction they went. The price of this convict woman’s soul was three pieces of cloth and a silver spoon.

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Medium: Sculpture Various Materials

Genre: Vintage