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SPINNING DOLLS BY LILIANE LIJN AT THE HEMP MUSEUM
At the Museo della Canapa (Hemp Museum) in Sant’Anatolia di Narco (Perugia), Italy, visitors can admire the permanent installation Spinning Dolls by Liliane Lijn. The artist created this work inspired by the activities of this small yet highly dynamic museum, which not only preserves the historical memory of the entire production cycle—from cultivation to processing and the various uses of hemp over the centuries—but is also actively engaged in research and the promotion of its contemporary applications across different fields. Added to the museum’s permanent collection in 2016, the artwork is the result of a collaborative artisanal effort: the crocheted elements were crafted in the museum’s weaving workshop, while the…