68 Seconds - Donna Darmanin Textiles Hand-embroidery on processed paper

Hand-embroidery on processed paper

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I wanted to create works that not only represented the human impact on the environment but were in themselves a document of the physical and material forces which influence the world around us

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Made in Malta

68 Seconds - Donna Darmanin Textiles Hand-embroidery on processed paper68 seconds: writing catharsis. Donna Darmanins debut poetry book is not an easy read. It is a confessional journal of a highly dysfunctional domestic life. Her imagery is often violent, degrading, angry, resentful, devastating. She looks her perpetrators in the eye. Her voice, though often vulnerable, is sure and unwavering, grounded in self knowledge. In her own words: This book is an apology. An apology to my younger self for harbouring so much