“Don’t Scratch - You’ll make it worse!”

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For this medically themed project, I was inspired by Joe’s outbreak of eczema, which was at the time in a rage all over both of his arms. A trip to plymouth university to look at slides also aided my visual interpretation.

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Using elements of his very own, personal body adornment i decided to create knitted fabrics for garments using a combination of domestic intarsia, dubied double-bed stitch transfering and handknit to translate the textures and details on his arms.

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