Dysesthesia - Contemporary Mixed Media Head Sculpture | Needles & Beads Art
Dysesthesia is a head sculpture composed of thousands of needles and beads.
This sculptural head represents the surreal, disorienting experience of altered nerve sensations caused by Lyme disease, Lupus, and chronic neuropathy.
The term “dysesthesia” literally means “bad sensation.” For many living with chronic illness, this means enduring invisible torment—burning skin, stabbing shocks, or the eerie feeling of crawling beneath the surface. This piece seeks to make that experience visible, to give form to what can’t be seen or measured.
Created from materials that mimic sharpness, sensitivity, and tension, the sculpture explores the contrast between external stillness and internal chaos. The head is both anatomical and symbolic—a portrait of the mind and body navigating a daily storm of misfired signals and misunderstood pain.
Dysesthesia is not just a work of art—it’s a statement, a record, and an act of translation for what it means to live in a hypersensitized, inflamed body.
This sculpture is part of the Giving Shape to Pain series: a visual and tactile expression of neurological symptoms, altered perceptions, and the search for empathy through form.
Medium: Mixed media sculpture (needles, acrylic paint, pins, beads, foam)
Size: 10” x 8” x 9”
Series: Giving Shape to Pain
Original artwork | Signed by the artist | Certificate of authenticity included
Dysesthesia is a head sculpture composed of thousands of needles and beads.
This sculptural head represents the surreal, disorienting experience of altered nerve sensations caused by Lyme disease, Lupus, and chronic neuropathy.
The term “dysesthesia” literally means “bad sensation.” For many living with chronic illness, this means enduring invisible torment—burning skin, stabbing shocks, or the eerie feeling of crawling beneath the surface. This piece seeks to make that experience visible, to give form to what can’t be seen or measured.
Created from materials that mimic sharpness, sensitivity, and tension, the sculpture explores the contrast between external stillness and internal chaos. The head is both anatomical and symbolic—a portrait of the mind and body navigating a daily storm of misfired signals and misunderstood pain.
Dysesthesia is not just a work of art—it’s a statement, a record, and an act of translation for what it means to live in a hypersensitized, inflamed body.
This sculpture is part of the Giving Shape to Pain series: a visual and tactile expression of neurological symptoms, altered perceptions, and the search for empathy through form.
Medium: Mixed media sculpture (needles, acrylic paint, pins, beads, foam)
Size: 10” x 8” x 9”
Series: Giving Shape to Pain
Original artwork | Signed by the artist | Certificate of authenticity included
Dysesthesia is a head sculpture composed of thousands of needles and beads.
This sculptural head represents the surreal, disorienting experience of altered nerve sensations caused by Lyme disease, Lupus, and chronic neuropathy.
The term “dysesthesia” literally means “bad sensation.” For many living with chronic illness, this means enduring invisible torment—burning skin, stabbing shocks, or the eerie feeling of crawling beneath the surface. This piece seeks to make that experience visible, to give form to what can’t be seen or measured.
Created from materials that mimic sharpness, sensitivity, and tension, the sculpture explores the contrast between external stillness and internal chaos. The head is both anatomical and symbolic—a portrait of the mind and body navigating a daily storm of misfired signals and misunderstood pain.
Dysesthesia is not just a work of art—it’s a statement, a record, and an act of translation for what it means to live in a hypersensitized, inflamed body.
This sculpture is part of the Giving Shape to Pain series: a visual and tactile expression of neurological symptoms, altered perceptions, and the search for empathy through form.
Medium: Mixed media sculpture (needles, acrylic paint, pins, beads, foam)
Size: 10” x 8” x 9”
Series: Giving Shape to Pain
Original artwork | Signed by the artist | Certificate of authenticity included
