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Tailor-Made
About the project
Tailor-Made is an active participatory project that looks insight into individuals have a relationship with cancer through wearable art. It allows participants to learn about the microscopic features of tissue samples and to use it as stimulus to design their own jewellery piece telling their own personal stories of their cancer journey. The process of this project involves on three-way partnership between artist/scientist/community to promote cancer awareness & research, archive memories and break social taboos in life.
(All image credits: Robert Taylor)
Tailor-Made: Just Breathe Ring, 2022
Tailor-Made: Participant Portrait with Ear Climber, 2022
Tailor-Made: Son and Mum, 2022
Tailor-Made: Young Person Looking at Resin Jewellery, 2022
Tailor-Made: Clasped Hand Pendant, 2022
Tailor-Made: Resin Pendant, 2022
Tailor-Made: Ear Climbers, 2022
Tailor-Made: Cancerous Tissues, image credit: Prof T Marafioti Lab, 2022
About the artists
Ayse U. Akarca is a research fellow at UCL Cancer Institute and works in the team of Prof. Teresa Marafioti. Ayse is involved in the research that focuses on the development and application of tissue- based assays to study molecules that have novel diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potentials. She uses computerised image analysis tools for tumour microenvironment related studies to investigate the mechanisms underpinning cancer biology. Ayse is also an artist and she uses her artistic skills to create abstract paintings inspired by her scientific work. She is very much keen to explore creative ideas to experiment and understand their impact on cancer awareness and research in life by attracting wider society