Shayla Wiley
Bracelet of the Spine

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SchoolShaker Heights High School

CityShaker Heights, Ohio

TeacherKaren Demauro

InternWilliam Fullington

MediumArt

Artist's Statement

My piece is a bangle bracelet based on rectal pressure in the spinal cord and spinal injury. I etched a picture of a spine to a copper piece of metal and cut out the shape of the spinal cord. I then connected a thick wire to both sides of the piece and wrapped a thinner wire around the thicker wire. The wire is not symmetric on both sides and there are imperfections on the piece to symbolize back injury. I placed red beads on the thinner wire in order to show the flow of blood through the spine. A large red glass bead is connected to the rectal part of the spine in order to show pressure in that part of the spine.