Cocooned in White Leaves

‘Cocooned in White Leaves' explores the relationship between crip bed space and the imprint of the body, stasis and regrowth, chronic pain and methods of relief. Delicate clay leaves were placed along nerve paths which shot with pain and involuntary twitches. Bed bound due to nerve pain and back pain, the coolness of the wet clay provided pain relief as it dried.

These leaf patterns of pain were sometimes replicated on the bed, referencing where the body and pain paths had been. For example clay leaves placed on a nerve path running across the cheek, are placed on the pillow in the same place.

The series considers how the crip body and bedspace are interlinked;all photos aside from one were taken in one bedroom, the imprint of the body left in bedsheets, a twisted duvet referencing a twisted spine. All photos were taken on a phone due to ease on joints and back pain. A photo book is forthcoming.