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PERSPEPHONE'S MIRROR, 2005
White Ash Timber, steel trough, red earth, water, gold paint, oxygenating pond plants , lamps. 420cm x 150cm x 40cm

The text carved into the top surface reads:

GERMINATEEMINATEAPPEARDEVELOPEVOLVETHRIVEBUDBLOSSOM

The text on the underside of the beam counters the growth-related words and ends with:

WITHERROTDECOMPOSEFEED