I got an email recently about an art project by Laura Splan (a very interesting medical/body fine artist) that I thought was worth sharing here. This piece is a scarf knitted from surgical tubing, which is colored with — and I suppose alive to due to — the wearer’s own blood.
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100 responses to “The Blood Scarf”
i wonder how much blood it took to fill it?
i wonder how much blood it took to fill it?
that is amazing.
wow.
very cool!
that is amazing.
wow.
very cool!
that is freakin incredible!
that is freakin incredible!
I agree. That is very interesting and neat. I would love to see it in person. Must take forever to knit a tubing scarf. haha
I agree. That is very interesting and neat. I would love to see it in person. Must take forever to knit a tubing scarf. haha
I wonder if my scraf would be blue lol 🙂
I wonder if my scraf would be blue lol 🙂
Awsome concept, wow!
Awsome concept, wow!
that is so awesome!
I wish I had ideas like this back when I did art 😛
that is so awesome!
I wish I had ideas like this back when I did art 😛
That seems like alot of blood to lose.
That seems like alot of blood to lose.
Awesome idea and brilliantly executed
Awesome idea and brilliantly executed
well i guess it would be warm atleast
well i guess it would be warm atleast
undeniably a little bizarre, but nice and meaningful. i really like this.
undeniably a little bizarre, but nice and meaningful. i really like this.
My god, that’s awesome.
My god, that’s awesome.
Mmmm, toasty!
Mmmm, toasty!
thats craziness.
thats craziness.
That’s beautiful and a little unsettling. This is probably going to sound retarded to anyone with any bit of medical knowledge, but I’m curious as to whether you could have another needle in the other arm so that the blood continues circulating? Or would the bloodcells like…die…from being in the tubes for too long? Eh? Ehhh?
That’s beautiful and a little unsettling. This is probably going to sound retarded to anyone with any bit of medical knowledge, but I’m curious as to whether you could have another needle in the other arm so that the blood continues circulating? Or would the bloodcells like…die…from being in the tubes for too long? Eh? Ehhh?
Amazing, but wouldnt that put a lot of extra pressure on the heart? There wouldnt be any valves to stop the blood pushing back down on itself and thats a lot of tubing to get through.
Amazing, but wouldnt that put a lot of extra pressure on the heart? There wouldnt be any valves to stop the blood pushing back down on itself and thats a lot of tubing to get through.
amazing. i would like to see some close ups…
amazing. i would like to see some close ups…
That’s intense! A very unique idea, but I must echo others’ questions. How much blood took to get it such a brilliant colour? I’m not saying so much about the IV, but how much blood would one have to lose to get that colour?
That’s intense! A very unique idea, but I must echo others’ questions. How much blood took to get it such a brilliant colour? I’m not saying so much about the IV, but how much blood would one have to lose to get that colour?
Has anyone clicked the link to her website? Her other projects are pretty cool if you like the blood scarf.
Has anyone clicked the link to her website? Her other projects are pretty cool if you like the blood scarf.
….I have a feeling that’s not really the wearer’s blood, guys.
….I have a feeling that’s not really the wearer’s blood, guys.
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
That is an interesting paradox. Warmed by your own blood being drained out of you. Or did she filter it back in somehow?
That is an interesting paradox. Warmed by your own blood being drained out of you. Or did she filter it back in somehow?
Wow, this kind of creeps me out a little, but it’s just so cool that I can’t stop looking at it.
Wow, this kind of creeps me out a little, but it’s just so cool that I can’t stop looking at it.
to #15: the vinyl tubing being used is the same stuff we use in the blood bank to transfer packed cells between bags – so the cells wouldn’t all necessarily “die” – that is, hemolyze/rupture – but they’d be cold, and there’s really a pretty big chance of infection due to a slipup somewhere in the asceptic technique.
from the artist’s site, however, it seems like that wasn’t the point:
“The implied narrative is a paradoxical one in which the device keeps the user warm with their blood while at the same time draining their blood drip by drip.”
to #15: the vinyl tubing being used is the same stuff we use in the blood bank to transfer packed cells between bags – so the cells wouldn’t all necessarily “die” – that is, hemolyze/rupture – but they’d be cold, and there’s really a pretty big chance of infection due to a slipup somewhere in the asceptic technique.
from the artist’s site, however, it seems like that wasn’t the point:
“The implied narrative is a paradoxical one in which the device keeps the user warm with their blood while at the same time draining their blood drip by drip.”
I’m amazed that I can stomach a guy shoving a knitting needle through his balls yet this makes me want to toss my cookies…
I’m amazed that I can stomach a guy shoving a knitting needle through his balls yet this makes me want to toss my cookies…