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BLOG FEATURING 'CARVE ME UP', AN ABSTRACT CREATION FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY (WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY) AT THE AGE OF 37. PART OF THE WOMANHOOD COLLECTION EXPLORING NATURAL STATES OF BEING. FABRIC MANIPULATION EXPRESSES THE TRAUMA UPON THE BODY, WITH ORIGINAL POETRY, ENDORSED IN HAND EMBROIDERY, RELAYING TO THE VIEWER THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL. I HAD ME SURGERY FILMED AND THIS WAS INVALUABLE IN CREATING THE VOLUME AND DEPTH REQUIRED IN CONSTRUCTING THE CAVITY.