Portable Items

Since the De Medicina Praecepta poem stipulated that the Abracadabra charm should be worn around the neck, I decided to experiment with portable items. I turned my first letterpress printed cards into necklaces by punching holds in the top and inserting thread.


The card-necklaces felt very flimsy, and would not have been able to withstand the 9 days of wear and tear required of them in the poem, so I decided to scan in the prints and enlarge them to make t-shirts.


I began thinking that the print could be used symbolically. It is effectively a symbol for 'healing' or 're-generation', so I tried printing it onto garments I bought from charity shops in an attempt to give them a new life and a new value.