Urticaria

Dermatographia is a form of urticaria, where the skin is hypersensitive to scratches. It looks quite dramatic but is actually painless.

  In this instance a book-code is written on the skin, echoing branding. The resultant photographs are for digital prints on to fine silk or chiffon fabrics

 

ashes of angst

 

a snippet of fabric encased in glass and kiln fired, the ashes are sealed within trapping the memory

Burning silk at high temperatures produces cyanide gas bubbles, this resonates with the silk handkerchiefs used for hiding codes in WWII.