HEARTFELT, 2018
The stethoscope takes on a new meaning when hand stitched text discs replace the chest-pieces' diaphragm.
Full size and 1/12th scale stethoscopes
Photo credit (above): Yeshen Venema
Heartfelt (yellow) exhibited in The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch at Standen House National Trust Property, West Sussex (2018)
Credit: Mad, Bad and Sad, A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present, Lisa Appignanesi, Virago 2008
Heartfelt (pink) exhibited in The Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch, British Textile Biennial, Towneley Hall Museum, Burnley, Lancashire (2019 - 2020)
Exhibited at The University of Nottingham, 2019
The Healthy Stethoscope is a take on the daily examinations performed on a person suffering from an eating disorder. Miniature versions of healthy food items were placed in the diaphragm to represent the small portion sizes ingested by the sufferer on their road to recovery.
Measurement: 74cm x 12cm each (at longest point)
Process: Hand stitch
Materials: Textile, silk threads, doctors’ stethoscopes, miniature accessories
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)
First Steps, East Midlands Mental Health Service Innovators Conference, University of Derby (2019)