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Hemiplegic Migraine & FND Artist
@martinbillingham.bsky.social
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Making #Fineart from an Hemiplegic Migraine brain | #migraine | #FND & #disabilityarts & awareness | #SciComm |
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Experimenting with techniques to represent experience of Hemiplegic #migraine

#artprocess #artshare #artmaking #wip #artyear #photography #feedbackwelcome
The cutting process of a portrait trying to represent the devastating effects of #migraine The cutting process of a portrait trying to represent the devastating effects of #migraine
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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In the studio, combining painting, photography & experimenting with cyanotype & encaustic wax - going all in on heat, texture & light - always looking for happy accidents.

#artprocess #artshare #artmaking #wip #artyear #photography #altprocess
Photo of a self portrait painting, experimenting with cyanotype effects. The original image is a bearded man with strong blue eyes placing a vintage microphone against his head. In the artists studio, experimenting with cyanotype printing on top of photographs of a self portrait painting. Encaustic wax process on a photograph of a painting. The original image is a man staring at a cracked wall from behind, sitting in a chair. The wax is cracking and adding texture. Encaustic wax process on a photograph of a painting. Scraping the layers of added wax from the original image of a man staring at a cracked wall from behind, sitting in a chair.
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Experimenting with Encaustic wax - great way to add texture & depth using painting techniques.
#artmaking #wip #artprocess #altprocess #photography #SciArt
April 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Experimenting with Encaustic wax - patterns & fusing layers feels like painting with photos #art #originalart #artist #fineart #photography #photographer #altprocess

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March 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Experimenting with liquifying photos. Photography & Chemistry are deeply linked, so why not get back to its roots?
#MakersmARTch #MkrsmARTch #artprocess #wip #photography #artmaking #SciArt
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I instantly got an ethereal, ghostly Guernica painting feeling from this.
March 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Finally getting in some studio time & experimenting with totally new #altprocess #photography before I scale up.

💭What name should I give to my new half skull sidekick 💀?

#art #artprocess #artyear #artshare
A photograph of an art process involving chemicals affecting a photographic image, the photographic image is an abstract portrait of a woman at a 45 Degree angle gazing off into the distance with a wistful expression on her face. Several layers of chemicals are creating multiple patterns, shapes and textures design to impact the aesthetic and mood of the final image. An overview of an artist's workstation within a studio. On the left is a sculpture of a skull with its head split open, being used as a paintbrush stand - a morbidly humorous Memento Mori - In the centre is a pack of photographs labeled "Testers" and the date 03/25 March 2025. On the right is a pair of black safety gloves, underneath is an opened 'Scientific American' magazine displaying an article on the subject of 'Leonardo Da Vinci & Neuroscience' including an anatomical sketch of a human head and brain.
March 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#migrainechat Do you have feedback on this depiction of #migraine aura ? - as a hemiplegic migraine sufferer myself - my aim is to capture both the experience & intensity of the feeling for a general 'neurotypical' audience & hopefully increase migraine awareness #feedbackwelcome Thanks in advance.
Artwork in progress, depicting the experience of migraine aura. The image shows a woman underwater, wearing a red flowing dress that turns into flames at the edges, layers of broken glass textures surround her as colourful static pattern emanates from the center outwards.
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Work in Progress - using grids & the rule of thirds to plan for organised chaos #artyear #artshare #artprocess #photography
Work in progress artwork. A red grid, demonstrating the rule of thirds on top of the face of a woman in a quarter turn pose, the woman is staring directly at the viewer - cracks appear in the woman's face revealing parts of the chaotic background. The background is like TV static with bright colours, representing the high pitched feeling of tinnitus and migraine aura.
March 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#FebruARTY Day 26 | theme: #Magenta
Work in progress - 'Aura' #photography #charcoal & #ink
Trying to express the strange #migraine #aura experience. Any tips on how to make this less 'Psychedelic'?
Photographic Artwork - Work in progress: an image of a man experiencing a migraine aura, set in a magenta room with a surreal blue mirror reflecting his younger self behind him, starting at the back of his head. Multi-coloured streams of light swirling and surrounding the man's head.
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For today's #FebruArty #Orange theme,. My #wip work in progress #artwork using a combination of double exposure #Photography & #painting techniques.
A painting using double exposure photography & painting techniques. The image is a man in a suit wearing an orange tie, fading into the background, the background is a dramatic blue waterfall & the foreground is a chaotic mix of fiery orange, yellow and red colours, splattered over the scene of an office party.
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Finally my book on #art & #migraine has come. Can't believe how many artists have had similar #aura experiences with consistent colours, patterns & shapes.
Migraine Art book by Klaus Podoll & Derek Robinson. Forward written by Oliver Sacks. Page of Migraine Art book including artwork by migraine artists and comparisons to medical illustrations on the experience of migraines and auras. Page of Migraine Art book illustrating the variety of colours, patterns and geometric shapes when experiencing migraine auras.
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM