Multiples sclerosis is a potentially disabling diseases. The pouring techniques represent the chaotic nature of the disease. The tears gradually increase in size throughout the artworks in order to show the gradual deterioration of the protective coating (myelin sheath) of the nerve fibers. The stitching represents the messages within the central nervous system being altered. I left the frame exposed as it represents the nerve fiber meanwhile the coating gradually deteriorates.
OUR SLOW DEMISE
Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. While this may not be directly affecting us now it is affecting marine life. The subject of the photographs is supposed to represent the life at sea while the plastic strangles her. The gradual desaturation in the photographic series represent the process of the plastic killing her.
