life line, 2018
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Life Line was created as part of What’s Going On Upstairs, an art installation which was exhibited at The Knitting & Stitching Shows in late 2018. The piece was a replica of a hospital drip bag and hung from a drip stand. The hand stitched text was taken from a young girl’s diary. The motif was of an ‘anorexia fairy’ that tormented her life as she struggled with an eating disorder.
The tube from the drip bag was attached to a handmade quilt to form a life line to the patient. This drip bag was filled with medicine capsules containing miniature foods including health-giving vegetables, fruits, cheese, fish and milk. The other bag was full of miniature sweets, chocolates, cakes and crisps that the patient thinks are being pumped into her…
Label for drip bag
Measurement: 175cm x 52cm (on stand)
Process: Hand stitch
Materials: Textile, silk threads, plastic, tubing, medicine capsules, dolls house miniatures, drip stand
Exhibited in:
BEAT, Eating Disorder International Conference, Imperial College London (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, Solo Gallery, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, Solo Gallery, The Knitting & Stitching Show, The RDS, Simmonscourt, Dublin (2018)
What’s Going On Upstairs, Solo Gallery, The Knitting & Stitching Show, Convention Centre, Harrogate (2018)
14th International London Eating Disorders Conference, QEII Centre, Westminster (2019)
Image and Narrative: Illness, Recovery, Change, The University of Nottingham (2019)
Threaded, Envision Arts Show, International Online Gallery (2019)
First Steps, East Midlands Mental Health Service Innovators Conference, University of Derby (2019)