Nursing Collaborators: Silvia Aguilar, Jose Advincula, Annie Gonzalez, and Alyssa SamoheylSanders, Felicity2024-07-122024-07-122024https://hdl.handle.net/11274/16413In this artwork I displayed Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. I used inspiration from Michaelangelo’s Creation of Adam and Felix-Gonzalez Torres’ Beadworks Collection to create this piece. Since the artwork is going to be exhibited in the TWU libraries I wanted to add the aspect of personal research that goes into managing this disease. Oftentimes sufferers of diabetes rely on changing their diet as a mediation of some of the symptoms as well as oral or injectable medications prescribed from their team of medical professionals. There are sections in the library dedicated to a collection of knowledge to share with the public of this disease and many others. For this project I created a bookshelf from wood and screws then used bound books and drilled through the many layers of them to create a surface for the hands to reach out from. The trickles of ‘blood’ from the beads represent glucose monitoring and the small white beads represent the sugar found in the blood- which is an exaggerated rendering. I then invented titles for both juvenile and adult non-fiction books that would be available for checkout from the library if this were a real situation. Medium: Mixed media- unfinished wood, bound books, air-dry clay, acrylic paint, spackling, metal screws, glass beads, hot glue, clear monofilament illusion cord, sealant, and adhesive decals, Format: 13” x 27.5” x 10”en-USDiabetes MellitusImage