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'There is a fairy-tale quality to Laura Ford's sculpture which can amuse and enchant but also disturb the viewer in equal measure.' Stephen Feeke - Sculpture by Laura Ford

Waldegrave Poodles, 2015
'The Ladies Waldegrave' (1780) by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Three young women sit around a small table, wearing white silk dresses and tall powdered wigs. They are occupied by domestic tasks: Lady Charlotte holds a skein of silk, which Lady Elizabeth winds on to a card, whilst Lady Anna makes lace on a tambour frame; they perform the kind of tasks that Ford still performs in her …