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| gall bladder on the liver |
How many organs are there???? For the purposes of the model and with expert consultation as to positioning them I placed the gut on the previous 'page' .This way I could have the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys all together as an origami like section which was simultaneously physically behind the gut but narratively following on from it . I mixed my paper folding techniques as I needed to use sturdy structures for both handling and for construction. This also gave a very different look to this page so implying a different surgical approach.
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| liver against the muscle layer |
I employed the Chinese thread purses, origami fortune tellers and one ornate folded napkin technique all in correct colours ( as I saw them) and layered sheer silks on top of taffetas to suggest membranes, structure and fragility.
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| spleen |
The softer organs as I think of them, spleen, pancreas and kidneys were eventually mounted into organza purses so that they could be folded back during an operation. This is where the triple page construction came into its own as organs could be juxtaposed against 'flesh' as well as examined more metaphorically. Each page is divided into three as in those children's books where you can swap heads, bodies and feet around. This method is found throughout the book save the first and last pages.
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| pancreas |
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| kidneys against the vascular layer |
next: the knitted aneurysm
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