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The patient is supposed to project his or her real personality into the inkblot via the interpretation. The fabric features portraits of historical personalities, including Austrian psychologist and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, and abstract prints of inkblots and interpretations amongst vertical stripes.  \r\n\r\nHelen David founded English Eccentrics, named after Edith Sitwell's book, and produced hand-printed and hand-embroidered silk garments and scarves.  Her work is influenced by her interest in travel, ecology and green issues, the women's peace movement, architecture, costume and nature.","physicalDescription":"Screen printed silk with acid dyes featuring portraits of historical figures including the Austrian psychologist and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, abstract prints of inkblots and interpretations amongst pink vertical stripes.  The interpretations include 'sibling rivalry between jellyfish; two fleas dancing a tango, this might seem predictable but it looks like a butterfly, it looks like an inkblot test invented by Rorcharch ... 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