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The art of dirt

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I remember I saved a clump of clay from the Dundas,, Ontario gorge near the escarpment and put it in a plastic bag for no good reason other than I liked the reddish brown colour.  Artist Herman de Vries has made it his lifeswork travelling the globe in search of such colourfull specmens of such mud, soil and earth http://www.hermandevries.org/http://www.hermandevries.org/

Does it not encourage one to go play in the mud!!!

Written by Charlotte McKeough

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