tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22412119298702144832024-02-19T18:19:09.385-08:00Naomi AdamsI'd love to show you my artwork, share with you what inspires me and help to inspire you too.
Come read my blog, follow me on twitter, like my facebook page and visit my website - They're all about showcasing my artwork and keeping you up to date with what I'm currently working on.Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075525175900504539noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241211929870214483.post-38404429010235697442022-07-24T11:21:00.001-07:002022-07-24T12:56:43.784-07:00Esteemed-Augmented-Pollenapis-Device - Turner Contemporary<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WXsUScdaijqKtHN2Xx_807kHWBl9oWkbK-qrfQdm6O3zLN4kQGyMdYoGvuJgfy3EfcSL8fKFlnWGlZNQi-fouylmV4z09_4fVeiIrsQDMKfcACWmTWg2yTZwZneYBuTA6AE3rH1Fnl8hVBrGqGRFb6TNtMmgVHZ__JgmC0xPgVnKXdZZpQR7POTg/s4032/NKA%20EAPD%20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WXsUScdaijqKtHN2Xx_807kHWBl9oWkbK-qrfQdm6O3zLN4kQGyMdYoGvuJgfy3EfcSL8fKFlnWGlZNQi-fouylmV4z09_4fVeiIrsQDMKfcACWmTWg2yTZwZneYBuTA6AE3rH1Fnl8hVBrGqGRFb6TNtMmgVHZ__JgmC0xPgVnKXdZZpQR7POTg/w225-h299/NKA%20EAPD%20C.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><b> </b><b>Psst...One of my little clockwork bugs may have infiltrated the Turner Contemporary...</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><p>Disproportionately excited to have hung on the same wall as a Tracey Emin for a while.</p><p>And even more pleased that sold within the first few days.</p><p>Onwards!</p><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075525175900504539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241211929870214483.post-91025463275778868762020-12-24T09:39:00.005-08:002022-07-24T12:57:29.445-07:00May we all see our fair share of rabbits<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Rabbits</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This time two years ago I had just returned home after a short break in Paris and was feeling a magnificent and overwhelming combination of grief and gratitude. On the train home that day, I wrote a short piece about how I felt but it never made it on to my blog until now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This year has either been a year to remember...or one to forget depending upon your outlook. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This Christmas I am, once again feeling a powerful mix of grief and gratitude.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This Christmas I have fewer presents to buy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This year my wrapping paper has rabbits on it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">---------------------------------------------------</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="3096" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGkI7JOs6deHxtFIqh5uWj6zWKHpWi6LtcUw8U81QzowiRdE1WZbC72QattijdXFJYOWQSMWM7yTYKCTntgpRbc5ueLXplPtg_DOAnDbtwdkfKj60ZsqVh-nz1ov8-w3dxeTGtxTLhPo/w626-h206/Rabbits+2.jpg" width="626" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Christmas Eve 2018</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"The little carved rabbit on the left used to
sit on the top of the fridge at my Nan and Grandad's house in Sheffield.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When my young Nan first caught my Granddad's eye,
he asked her if she would like to accompany him on a picnic the following week.
Nan agreed but (rather coquettishly if you ask me) only on the condition that
they would get to see rabbits. Granddad assured her that there would indeed be
rabbits.</span><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">They met the next week as agreed & spent a
sunny afternoon walking the country lanes and talking about nothing in
particular before finding a suitable spot to stop and have their picnic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As the sun set & my Granddad delivered my Nan
back to her front door he told her that he had had a wonderful time and that he
hoped that she had too. My Nan answered in feigned disappointment that the day
had been "OK" she supposed but sadly she hadn't seen any of the promised
rabbits. Granddad pressed this little wooden rabbit into my Nan's hand, carved
from a secretly selected branch that afternoon with the penknife from his
pocket when she wasn't looking and explained (rather smoothly if you ask me)
that he ALWAYS kept his promises.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nan told me that it was at that point she knew she
was in trouble.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I bought the little blue rabbit in the middle the
week I found out I was first expecting a baby. Daz & I had decided we were
ready to try for a baby just 4 weeks before and frankly I had expected a little
more time spent trying before we succeeded. One Lunch break, still reeling from
how quickly it had all happened and not yet quite understanding quite how my
life was about to change, I idly imagined an inquisitive little blonde-haired
boy with a blue rabbit under one arm calling me "Mummy". When Eloise
arrived 8 months later, she was not who I had been expecting but was equally
& breath-takingly brilliant.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The little toy rabbit on the right is Blue Bun. He
has been Isaac's main cuddly companion from the moment he was born. Blue Bun is
a little bit naughty and has been known to hide under beds and behind cushions
whilst on holiday so he can be posted back to us from exotic locations
returning with elaborate tales of imagined adventures.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My Daz & I are currently travelling home to our
babies with elaborate tales of real adventures after a brilliant long weekend
in Paris. We have walked over 40 km exploring Parisian streets, visiting
galleries, seeing the sights, feeling incredibly fortunate, remembering My Nan
who died this week, and looking out for rabbits...We saw 3.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Nan was 98 and one of my absolute favourites.
I shall miss her terribly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">May we all see our fair share of rabbits."<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_M9eOybVFZMctYgWB0XSSSAgboBHotVQuOl8KqhRjURYeLp7VsL9JYnVHZX7ymDts0UJ3ZTjuOXIDJGE2KfofLCloKoJC03P6tRHDNxf1hIRY0CEuDnIVWQDpZ7LqM4hyXKuIrjBxIA/s1081/Rabbits+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1080" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_M9eOybVFZMctYgWB0XSSSAgboBHotVQuOl8KqhRjURYeLp7VsL9JYnVHZX7ymDts0UJ3ZTjuOXIDJGE2KfofLCloKoJC03P6tRHDNxf1hIRY0CEuDnIVWQDpZ7LqM4hyXKuIrjBxIA/w178-h178/Rabbits+3.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></h2>Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075525175900504539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241211929870214483.post-65198275219920866272013-02-01T05:53:00.003-08:002013-02-13T06:16:12.844-08:00Wish Stones<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was asked yesterday, how I would feel if I woke up one morning to find that everything I owned had disappeared and what one thing of little or no value would I choose to retain.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There he is, out in the garden, fork in hand, digging for
potatoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here he comes,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>great earthy hands outstretched, offering red
jewelled berries from the redcurrant bush by the gate; chuckling at my face as I
wince from their sharpness and reach for another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can still hear him, clearing his throat, paper
on his lap, the sound of cricket and static coming from the portable
radio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Grandad, sitting, eyes closed,
face to the sun, on an old dining chair outside his shed with his tea going
cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clearing his shed, years later, we found a bootlace
strung with stones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ancient talismans
with water-worn holes from the relentless caress of streams and currents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tiny monuments to the passing of time, unearthed
and kept as trinkets. Grandad called them "Wish-Stones".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There I am, alone on the beach, grey sea, grey sky, grey stone
in hand, feeling the weight of the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hold it up to the horizon, put my eye to the hole, frame the future and
make my wish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
bootlace, strung with talismans of my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>"Find me a wish stone!" I call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My children run to me, bright eyed, tiny
hands outstretched offering sea-worn treasure ready to string; chuckling as I
hold them up to the horizon and we make our wishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here I sit, eyes closed, face to the
sun. The sound of my husband and children playing by the shore washes over me; our
past and futures strung together, wish-stones in the palm of my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...and I remember.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Scenario's Project - Arthouse Co-op</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I miss my Art House Co-op Sketchbook...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's currently in Los Angeles touring with the rest of the Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour and I miss it. Not the having it particularly, but the doing it...so when I saw that Art House Co-op were recruiting for a little mini project I just couldn't resist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is what they sent me with instructions to create something</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and install it in a public place for a stranger to discover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's a light blue Prismacolor Pen (which I'm now a little bit smitten by) and a card saying:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Help! Robots are taking over the </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is Abek</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The gauge on his chest indicates how interested he is in your conversation...he wishes it didn't.</span></div>
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<br />Naomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075525175900504539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241211929870214483.post-24216457643245512092012-03-13T06:35:00.000-07:002012-03-16T06:37:19.217-07:00Aleena - My latest project<br />
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I have to confess I know very little about the LARPing
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<b>Lady Aleena Tepes</b></div>
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<b> Lord Regent of Teutonia </b></div>
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Her parents call her Charlotte, her friends call her
Luggage and, when dressed in her finery and surrounded by Live Action Role
Players, this lovely lady is the current leader of the <a href="http://www.lorientrust.com/ingame/Factions/Vipers.aspx" target="_blank">Viper Faction</a> and has been for about 10 years...she is also
my sister-in-law. My mission was to
create some kind of lasting celebration of a character which has been in
existence and a huge part of my sister-in-law's life for over a decade. </div>
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As always, there are bits I'm not completely happy with (but the moment I create a piece of artwork I'm completely satisfied with will probably be the day I lay down my paintbrush and walk away
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It's not been easy...<br />
I've not painted a portrait for rather a long time and you know what's harder to paint than black velvet? Black satin...no wait...white satin...no wait...brass...no wait...leather stud work...no wait... snake skin...Oh what lovely fun! I love painting textures and this has been a
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I've agreed to paint a portrait of my brother to make the
Aleena portrait part of a pair. (Sigh) I just
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That was what a friend of mine commented as he flicked
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I had started the
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I imagine it with not one, but a hum of many distant voices, intertwined,
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Your challenge is to be one
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publication and, although I may post my favourites here, or on my website, your words will remain just that. It is simply an interesting thing to do and purely
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Well...here it is:
My <a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject2012" target="_blank">Art House Co-op</a> Sketchbook Project Sketchbook so far. It's called "A Path Through the Trees". Those of you who follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.naomiadams.co.uk" target="_blank">facebook </a>or have strayed
onto my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naomiadams/sets/72157628211091783/" target="_blank">Flickr </a>account will have already seen most of these but here they are
again for the rest of you...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naomiadams/sets/72157628211091783/" target="_blank">"A Path Through the Trees"</a>.<br />
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I had no intention of it being a series of pen and ink
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For those of you who have asked, I'm not sure what the
red path represents...other than a journey.
It's one of those symbols which appears in various forms in the art of so many cultures, meaning different
but often very similar things...perhaps I'm referring to one of them, or perhaps all of them and maybe some others I've
not pinned down yet too. As for where it
is going and where it will end up...I've about five double pages before the journey is complete and I'm afraid that at the moment I've no idea. It does have a narrative of sorts but I'm not
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I thought it was about time I started on my Sketchbook Project sketchbook <i>(rather than thinking about it, talking about it or blogging about it.)</i><br />
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So, these are my trees...I dream about them...or at least an increasing number of my dreams are set amongst them. They are sometimes peacefully bathed in afternoon sun, sometimes moon-drenched and menacing. Sometimes I know my way between the trees instictively and sometimes I am utterly lost or trapped. They can protect and obscure me from the monsters at my heels or they can trip me and get in my way depending on the mood of the dream...and they sneak out into my art from time to time, especially when I'm given a blank sketchbook entitled "A path through the trees".<br />
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I love books: I love finding them, giving them, having them, keeping them, reading them, but my husband has recently bought himself an e-reader and I have to say that it is hard to see why you would choose to read a conventional novel any other way these days. There'll always be the traditionalists who insist that there is nothing quite like the feel of the pages between your fingers and the smell of the print but, if I'm honest, I can't think of a more convenient and efficient way of owning and reading a vast library than to store them and read them electronically...which makes me wonder about the future of the book...and get really excited.</div>
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Now that the e-readers are arguably beginning to take the place of the traditional book perhaps it will free the medium to explore what it has to offer that modern technology has not. Oh I love a fabulously woven tale full of mystery and adventure but I am in no way attached to paper on which it is written. The books I covet and treasure are far more than a place for the printed word; they are the beautiful ones, illustrated objects of beauty and imagination and there are artists out there doing wonderfully imaginative things between the pages of some beautifully crafted books. </div>
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So, with this in mind and inspired by the books I've been looking at recently, I'm going to try to do something tactile & textural. Something which is not confined solely to a flat sheet of paper. Something which is only possible in a sketchbook of this nature and which celebrates what makes a book a truly unique medium. I'm not sure how it will turn out but here I go. I'll post images of the finished sketchbook on here but with a bit of luck, you won't get the whole picture unless you see it with your own eyes and feel it with your own hands when the exhibition arrives in Britain later next year.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Here it is. I have other note books: There’s one filled with to-do lists which tells me I should vacuum more often, there’s one filled with shopping lists which tells me I should buy more fresh fruit and there’s even one in which I’m supposed to keep a record of my finances...which tells me that I am rubbish at keeping a record of my finances and that even without all the figures available it is clear that I should spend less. These are objects of necessity which stop my life disintegrating into chaos and which lecture me at regular intervals from their pages about how I should do better, be better...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So today, I would like to thoroughly recommend the practice of keeping a little joyful notebook. It is a wonderful thing and a perfect antidote for those of you who suffer, like me, from the occasional bout of task-list-burnout. It doesn’t have to look like mine (sometimes it’s easier for me to draw rather than write my ideas down) but whatever it is that makes you happy, a list of things you’d like to do when you get the time could give you a never-ending source of inspiration. Then, if you find yourself with a free hour, afternoon or week-end, you’ll be able to fish out your little book of loveliness and find something lovely to do.</span></div>
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Today is the last day of the school term. <span lang="EN-GB">My little boy goes to nursery a few afternoons a week, my big girl is at school all day and the time they spend eagerly learning and playing at their respective places of education, I have spent eagerly learning and playing in my studio ever since it was completed...but all that’s going to have to change. I’ve now got 6 whole wonderful weeks to spend with my beautiful children uninterrupted by school runs, after school clubs...and without the opportunity to pop down to my studio with a cup of tea and a promising idea.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Instead, we’ll visit some galleries, wander around a few museums, take a couple of excursions and go inspiration hunting. Eloise and Isaac are a constant source of joy to me so I think that I shall harness their unlimited interest in everything around them in order to make this summer break a time of ideas rather than a period of actual creation. Oh, the chance to spend such quality time with my children who seem determined to grow and change and learn relentlessly is one I’ve been looking forward to for a very long time but it does mean less time in the studio...and I’m going to have to rely on this lovely notebook of mine to keep track everything.</span><br />
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It's one in a series of six studies entitled "Watch your step".<br />
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Well, here it is, my studio's first offering. It's small, it didn't do as it was told and I nearly threw it out of the window a couple of times but, although I'm not completely convinced the person I have painted it for is going to like it, I think it's a good start...<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, here I am, sitting in my spangly new studio...without the first clue what to do next. My shelves are lined with jam jars filled with brushes, pots of paints and endless possibilities all within easy grabbing distance, the late afternoon sun is shining through a smear free window onto my new white desk which is clear and ready for whatever project I embark upon next, the floor is spotless, the sink gleams...it all looks rather neat and tidy. </span></div>
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