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\nCarla von der Becke has turned her South Downs home into a crucible of creativityI\u2019m still getting used to this. It\u2019s quite disconcerting,\u201d says Carla von der Becke, looking up at an assemblage of agricultural tools \u2013 hefty saws included \u2013 hanging around a rustic chandelier in the kitchen of her home in the South Downs. The perilous-looking arrangement is the latest intervention here, in the house Carla grew up in, by her friend the South African artist HelenA Pritchard (who intervened in her own name to add the \u201cA\u201d in at the end).The two women met a decade ago through mutual friends in the art world \u2013 Carla is co-director of London-based PR agency Albany Arts \u2013 and HelenA had occasionally been a visitor to the house when Carla was staying with her parents. Then, early in 2021, Carla\u2019s mother died \u201cquite unexpectedly. She had been caring for my dad, who has dementia, so then I was here caring for him, and it was quite intense\u2026\u201d It was at this point that HelenA offered to come and stay for a longer spell. \u201cCarla didn\u2019t have any help, she was doing everything herself and I thought she might just need a friend. And I love getting out into the country.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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