Catherine  Billingsley
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          My “Body of Work” incorporates images from a series of routine medical tests I underwent over a brief period of time.  Included are images from eye, mammogram, ultrasound, and bone density tests, and dental, chest, hand, hip, and knee x-rays.  The focus of the x-rays became less routine when I received an artificial hip in 2011, and images of the blueprint of the implant and the implant are now part of the series.

            My eye images and dental x-rays are woven of hundred and hundreds of beads, but the majority of my images have been manipulated in Photoshop and digitally-printed on fabric, then pieced and quilted. I have done all the printing on my desktop Epson printer with the following exceptions: my skirt and vest were printed on an Epson 9800 with a 44-inch printing capability, and the newest pieces involving the hip implant were printed commercially by Spoonflower in Raleigh.

            I am drawn to the abstract nature of the medical imagery or the abstract nature I could create by repeating or manipulating the images whole or in part.  I became aware of the beauty within each of us when I saw the digital image of my eye which was where this series began.  What you see here is the result of my efforts to show the inner me.

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My Left Eye, bead weaving, 8" square, 19,2000 seed beads
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My Right Eye, bead weaving, 8" square, 19,200 seed beads
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Dental X-ray, left side; 5.5" wide x 4" high
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Dental X-ray, right side; 5.5" wide x 4" high
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(Right) Hand and Eye Coordination; eye image and hand x-ray; 27" circle
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Ultrasound Color Wheel; ultrasound of uterus; 19" circle
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Hand-bag #1; hand x-ray; 11" wide x 10" high
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Hand-bag #2; hand x-ray; 8.5" wide x 7.5" high
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Book #2: And the Spine Runs Through It; bone density test, spine; 5" wide x 24.5" high
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Bone Density Quilt; bone density test, hip; 15" square
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Book #1: And the Spine Runs Through It; bone density test, spine; 5" wide x 24.5" high
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Bramammogram; mammogram imagery; mixed media; 13" wide x 9" high
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When Modesty Gets in the Way; hand x-ray; 13" wide x 9" high
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Just the Bare Bones; hip x-ray; 18" wide x 16.5" high
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Underlying Shooting Pain; hip x-ray; 16.5" square
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The Rockettes Knee-d to Do the Can-Can; fabric woven; knee x-ray; 23.5" wide x 9.5" high
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Ode to Titanium; layered prints; hip x-ray and hip implant; 31" wide x 13" high
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Breath-Taking Vest (front); chest x-ray
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Breath-Taking Vest (back); chest x-ray
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Hand-some Skirt; hand x-ray
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