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Check her out: http://www.hankypancreas.com! OHHH YEAH. And Twitter too! http://twitter.com/hankypancreas

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Influence for collage display of Hanky Pancreas items:

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For in nearly all countries where these gems have been prized and from the earliest period, they have been credited with mystic properties and healing virtues. Born of the wind, the atmosphere, the lightening, and the light, may this pearl shell, born of gold, protect us from straits! With the shell [we conquer] disease and [...]

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Becoming a Bird. Under certain conditions, the living could be transformed into birds. Some legends involve birds that change into or inhabit the bodies of humans. Among certain peoples in northern Europe and Asia, the spirits of birds such as eagles, owls, and crows are said to enter the bodies of shamans to inspire them. [...]

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Here are some shots from my first photoshoot with my awesome Type 1 Diabetic fitness model, Kerry Brown. Alchemy: An ancient practice focused on the attempt to change base metals into gold, investigating the preparation of the “elixir of longevity”, and achieving ultimate wisdom, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making [...]

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I just discovered this magical beast of a site called Polyvore! It’s amazing… Here is my working mood board that will inspire my collection at the exhibition. Naturalist’s Palette by hankypancreas featuring Rebecca Taylor tops I developed a color palette out of it:

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London born Philip started using his head as a canvas for creativity back in 2006 when he began to go bald. He did not want to conform to shaving his head like everyone else so started using it as an art form to express. Philip’s head designs are now becoming iconic within London’s fashion and [...]

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diagnosis story (hero’s journey) influenced pieces

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My mother was driving and crying at the same time, looking at me from time to time in the passenger seat. Soon I was in a hospital bed, opening up the little palms of my hands to investigate each fingertip covered with a bandage. Then there was this Munchkin, handing me a signed photograph from [...]

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Source: http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/484332817/everyone-says-this-what-a-cop-out-frank

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To many of what we call ‘innovations’ are merely directed at increasing the growth and wellbeing of the technosphere – bigger economy, bigger corporations, more technological devices – rather than actually improving the lives of people. – KOERT VAN MENSVOORT Excerpts from Razorius Gilletus: Full text here

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http://www.superprostheticsproject.com/ The Super Prosthetics Project is about exploring armwear as an object of empowerment, choice and identity. The purpose is to conduct a series of creative experiments to challenge current ideas of prosthetics and explore what a wearer might choose to create in that space if he/she could have any functionality or aesthetic. It is [...]

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my pretty friend and i went on a beautiful things hunt at a local flea! hanky pancreas, you are about to be bejeweled with love!

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Water Bears are microscopic creatures that live in mosses, lichen, and liverworts. Relationship to Humans: “They don’t seem to really help or hurt humans.” Read more on this site from the mid 90s: http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/water_bear.htm

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The structural elements in the products that we use, the buildings we live in, the clothes that we wear and even the art that we create have a life cycle. Structural origins are functional and relevant but throughout time become deconstructed and nonfunctional. Eventually rooms in a house or construction details in a garment become [...]

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Designers maintained a pervasive futuristic theme, showing references from robotic headpieces to Tin Man tailoring. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/fashion/07TRENDS.html

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The transformation by Arize left her with six arms, both cybernetic and organic, teleportation abilities and knowledge of the dark arts. While in the Body Shoppe she also learned the skills needed to perform body modification herself.

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Janet Van Dyne has also displayed several non-superhuman abilities that have garnered her special fame and attention, foremost of which is her fashion sense; in nearly all of her early appearances, she sported a new costume, presumably designed and manufactured on her own as she is a gifted fashion designer. She is also a skilled [...]

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Artist Lucy McRae created this evocative piece titled TransNatural. Trained as a classical ballerina and also as an architect, there’s no question why she is fascinated with the human form and investigates architectural structures and engineering applied to the body. More: Click here

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The silver lining to the dark cloud of breaking a bone is obviously the sweet cast you get to wear. It tells the world that you’re a badass (or very clumsy, but let’s stick with badass). But how can you make casts even cooler? By making them look like an X-ray of your broken bone! [...]

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“I guess it’s about a different kind of methodology for creating some kind of social harmony or social justice,” she explains. “We need to be working in networks, in a positive and active, dynamic manner.” Reference: RES Magazine

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Um, this is an incredible find. Worst website, Best ideas. Go to it! http://www.com-pa-ny.com A TIE FOR THE WINTER TIMES?

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http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2009/04/24/6167/women-with-diabetes-can-win-the-self-image-battle/ -having any chronic illness can impact one’s psyche and self-image. -”Many times women feel totally alone,” says Patricia Addie-Gentle, a CDE in Atlanta. “Feelings of blame have a lot to do with it. Advice from doctors can come across as authoritarian, and that can present even more of a barrier.” And women who use [...]

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I definitely want to have some kind of anatomical + machine design for one of my shirts…the bird one is really awesome.

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http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html

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http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm http://professional.diabetes.org/ResourcesForProfessionals.aspx?cid=71423 http://www.diabetessisters.org/weekend-for-women-conference http://www.ela.org/about_us/about_ela.html http://www.diabetesmine.com http://www.sixuntilme.com

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The life of society moves in a circle. Only those burdened with a common affliction understand each other. Thanks to their affliction they constitute a circle and provide each other mutual support. They glide along the inner borders of their circle, make way for or jostle one another gently in the crowd. Each encourages the [...]

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Researchers have developed a new type of super-thin silicon transistor, which can be embedded on a dissolvable silk-based film. The researchers explained that the strong and flexible material can easily conform to tissue, which could lead the way for deep interaction with the nervous system or other parts of the body. Similarly, LEDs could be [...]

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A wonderful precedent for my thesis work. Chikara is a fashion clothing line for women experiencing breast asymmetry. Link

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Prevalance Rate of Type 1 diabetes: approx 1 in 800 or 0.12% or 340,000 people in USA Incidence (annual) of Type 1 diabetes: about 30,000 annual cases in the USA; about 40 per 10,0000 children Patient Profile for Type 1 diabetes: Typically teenagers, but can range from infants to 30′s (or perhaps later in life). [...]

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Lilitu is my new favorite name.

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Crutches. In a thousand years, their design hasn’t fundamentally changed. And for something as minor as a sprained ankle or broken foot, the Freedom Leg looks like a welcome alternative.

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This could be a great way to make a shirt for the constantly moving pod!

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Worn like a sleeve, the crutches seem to extend directly from the user’s arm. Always conveniently within reach whithout the risk of them falling on the floor. Disability Artifacts 01 http://www.francesca.nu/

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Matt Murdock (Daredevil) Oracle Professor X Dr. Curt Conors Read more: http://disabilities.suite101.com/article.cfm/comics_books_disabilities#ixzz0Vp7SX3Qt

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Conceptual collection reminiscent of prosthetics and medical braces. Potential for healing within the boundaries of something which inhibits the body. http://www.unaburke.com/

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USSR Poster (just brilliant!) Cherry Darling definitely makes disability more fashionable…turns weakness into superpower. Contrasting semiotics could be a powerful new direction — combining a symbol of power with a symbol of weakness. Superhuman features/abilities + Objects in DC Universe Could insulin pumps be made to look like huge biceps or muscles? Hmmm….or LASERS!? pew! [...]

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