Morrison Polkinghorne is an Australian textile designer specializing in handmade trimmings and

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s. He and his partner, Robert Carmack, owned a

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business in

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Cambodia before their business collapsed in the wake of the

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at which point they relocated to Australia. Polkinghorne is known for his art which utilizes ink derived from

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