Integrated Bodies

Integrated Bodies is a series of inkjet prints on watercolor paper combined with drawings. The photographic inkjet images are of various surgical implants and instruments. The drawings are rendered on top of the prints with a fine pen using a small amount of blood collected from my fingertip. The organic forms of the drawings both envelop and inhabit the implants and instruments. The cold, manufactured objects are at odds with the organic vein-like forms that grow around them. The forms of the drawings have developed out of my previous drawings based on neuroanatomical forms. These forms serve as metaphors for the extreme complexity and delicate fragility of the human body.