Hannah’s work gives a sneak peak of the very private and isolated life of a chronically ill person. Using her own experiences to inform her practice she explores what it means to be an ill person in a world built around health and productivity. Using a range of both traditional and experimental materials and processes she attempts to weave emotional vulnerability with minimalist forms.

Imprint tells the story of the loss of time to your bed and the grief that is felt not only by you but everyone around you- your family while they eat dinner together downstairs, your friends when they’re at that bar they invited you to come to, your work colleagues when they see the empty chair at your desk. Made by hardening bed sheets over a mold what you are left with is a shell of a person, a fragile reminder of a wasted life.

Hannah says that “My mother used to always tell me that my bed sees more of her than she does- and it was true, when I finally would get up an imprint of my body is left on the sheets from hours of lying in the same position. A ghostly shadow of the life I have lost to my bed.”

The sleepers explores the sense of community that is felt by a group of chronically ill people. Each of our experiences are different but the bed and its bedsheets play a constant role throughout all our narratives. Much like the fragile casts of the pillowcases we can lean on each other for support. While imprint is a  reminder of the isolation of chronic illness, the sleepers is a reminder that there is always a place for empathy and care.