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    Sessility
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    Sessility, Raphaella Pester, 2023, copper plate photo etching and hand embroidery on cotton and canvas, pine frame, satin rope, ring screws, dimensions variable (individual panel sizes 49 x 27.5 cm)

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    Hawthorn
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    Hawthorn, Raphaella Pester, 2022, hand embroidered cotton, canvas, satin ribbons, 120 x 40 cm

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    Above Below
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    Above Below, Raphaella Pester, 2022, hand embroidered cotton, stone, shell, thread and pine frame, 72 x 51 cm

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    Dust
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    Dust, Raphaella Pester, 2023, aquatint etching, brick dust on paper, 21 x 29 cm

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    Eternal Line
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    Eternal Line, Raphaella Pester, 2023, hand quilted cotton, glazed ceramic, brass hooks, wadding and thread, 127 x 137 cm

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Raphaella Pester – MA/MFA/PhD

My practice is based on themes of memory, preservation, and nature. I investigate these themes through a geometric language of abstraction, often using craft-based processes and printmaking. My work references the coastal landscape, British folklore, and early Twentieth Century mysticism. This research is an unearthing of histories, symbols, beliefs, and materials that form an understanding of my own past and our collective relationship to the natural world.