COST.10M

Water-based media, British Devon & Cornwall Longwool locks, British tri-coloured Shetland raw wool, British Greyface Dartmoor (pedigree rare-breed) raw wool, British Wensleydale (black/silver washed, rare-breed) raw wool, wax, foraged eucalyptus wood (Uruguay), mudlarked Thames River wood, brass butcher hook, canvas
120 × 244 × 101 cm (dimensions variable)
2025

Between 1850 and 1900, Uruguay sent an estimated 10 million sheep to Britain, becoming a key supplier in the wool trade. During this time, sheep were selectively bred to produce higher-value wool—part of a larger system that shaped animals, land, and labor to meet the demands of empire.