H&C Summer Makers’ Residency, Week V: Kirsty Stevens
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Kirsty Stevens is a visual artist living and working in Fife, Scotland. In 2007, when Stevens was studying Jewellery & Metal Design at Duncan and Jordanstone College of Art & Design (University of Dundee), she found out she has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a lifelong condition affecting the brain and nerves. Determined to make something positive out of this negative diagnosis, she began using her own MRI scans to create mesmerising patterns inspired by the harmful lesions on her brain. She now runs her own surface-pattern design label, Charcot (named after Jean Martin Charcot who first discovered MS in 1868), selling screen prints, digital prints, and silk scarves, etched or printed in these patterns. Stevens hopes to raise awareness for MS through her practice, helping people to learn more about the condition, and showing that life with MS doesn’t have to be all negative.