Laura Ford at Cass Sculpture Foundation

Rag and Bone Bin commissioned by Turner Contemporary in 2007, is a distorted depiction of Beatrix Potter’s famous childhood character Mr. Brock. Enveloped in an old sleeping bag this familiar badger is street-worn and squalid, seen rifling through a bin looking for edible waste to sustain his homeless existence. There is of course a humorous irony in the disenchanting of this childhood figure but there is also an arresting sadness surrounding the character’s demise.