IDENTITY CRISIS, 2017
This artwork is in the form of five hospital identity bracelets which shrink sequentially in size as the eating disorder takes hold of the malnourished body. The text is drawn from a conversation had with a young woman dealing with anorexia who was admitted into emergency care on a number of occasions. Each bracelet is stitched with the motif of a cannula…
Photo credit: Yeshen Venema
Identity Crisis 6 (2018)
Quote taken from 'Wasted, A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia' by Marya Hornbacher
Exhibited in:
14th International London Eating Disorder Conference, QEII Centre, Westminster (March 2019)
Measurement: 26cm x 6cm x 2cm (5 pieces)
Process: Hand stitch
Materials: Textile, silk threads, plastic clips
Exhibited in:
13th International London Eating Disorder Conference, University College London (2017)
BEAT Eating Disorder International Conference, Imperial College London (2018)
The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch at Standen House National Trust Property, West Sussex, (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, The RDS, Simmonscourt, Dublin (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Convention Centre, Harrogate (2018)
Image and Narrative: Illness, Recovery, Change at The University of Nottingham (2019)
East Midlands Mental Health Service Innovators Conference, First Steps, University of Derby (2019)
The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch, British Textile Biennial, Towneley Hall Museum, Lancashire (2019 - 2020)