Narelle Jubelin, BOXED.SET 16.BLACK, 2005, from the series BOXED.SETS, cotton thread on silk mesh petit point rendition, TCG20507

Ladeira Conego Pereira, no.11, Barão de Macaúbas, Salvador Bahia, Brazil. Architect unknown, photographer (my mother) Gilda Netto, 1967. Reproduced courtesy: Vanila Netto

Some old photos of my family's house...I thought the brise-soleil element interesting. They were commonplace in houses with a modernist bent in the 60s over there. They are called combogos. Niemeyer used a lot in his quadras residencias blocks in Brasilia.