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'Disease. Deformity. Decay.' (2019)
A dark room, with skeletal imagery glows from light boxes mounted on the walls, along with a film playing on a TV. Two plinths each side of the room display contorted and deformed hand-made wax sculptures. Upon further inspection, bones and long fingernails protrude from the ominous looking casted hands. An anatomical and forensic aesthetic is often seen throughout my work. This work examines my illness Rheumatoid Arthritis, and the relationship I have with my body. My hands play a significant role in my practice; knowing they will change in the future, is a fear that has propelled my interests.
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‘Metamorphosis’ (2018)
This work examines the effects of Inflammatory Arthritis, ’Swan Neck Deformity’ is a gradual deformity in the bones of a patient’s hands. Taking inspiration from swans feet, a hybrid creature was made to capture the metamorphosis of the artist’s body in having a progressive physical disease. Wax, bones, acrylic nails, feathers, and plaster paris was used to cast my body and create a surreal anamorphic version of my arms and hands.
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‘You’ve All This to Look Forward To’ (2018)
This artwork is a darkroom installation with six glowing soft sculptures that portrays dissected body parts laid out on a translucent pane of glass. This work investigates the ideas of female beauty and its inevitable change with age. Latex casts of various parts of my body, and my mothers body, are used to show the generational different but connection of feminine anatomy. Gelatin fills the latex skin of the sculptures, evoking notions of temporary sweetness with fated decay. LED lights are used to illuminate the wrinkles, lines, scars, bumps and textured skin seen on the 'flawed' female body.
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