In September 2014, I still was walking around with my walking stick. Now, I am a new man, and walking without a stick! I want to thank all off you, that has helped me. I am grateful for what you have done.
I wish I had time to do more on here, but as you can see, I still got a long way to go.
But, That is it. It all comes down to the assessors know. I have done all that I can do. It has been a short nine months. Anyway… here is everything I have done during that time…
I decided to make a sculpture, based on when my Stomach was removed. The sculpture is of my two lungs. When I was in surgery, they had to collapse my right lung, to access my Stomach. I was in surgery for four and a half hours.
My first day, did not happen after I woke up. I was so out of it on drugs. It was only the second day, and Was starting to feel the most worst pain in my entire life.
I made the sculpture by welding sixteen Double glazing hinges, to a sprinkler I found down the back of my shed. Being a sprinkler, I would of liked to hook it up, somehow, and it spewing out pigs blood, or something. But due to time, that will have to wait.
The respirators I found at a car boot sale. £2 each!
Karen Harradine is a MA student studying journalism. She wanted to make a film, to know what I have been through, and my experiences with ill health.
I knew my right hand was not working properly after the Stroke. All the movement I had, was the strength to hold a cup. This led me to experiment with mixing water and acrylic paint together, in order to make it easier to work with. I used my left hand to guide my right, so I could continue to paint. The painting above show my first attempt at painting with my right hand. It was good to use my right hand once again, and assisted me to gain some movement back.
I believed I could work with my right hand, so I started out with four boards, and I did the same in white paint, then decided to use other colours. This has become known as my Stroke Series.
