Also I do have one more question, what can dermatographia do for me? For example what can I get out of it? Is there anything I can do with it? -Tegan Nicks I received this email from Tegan last month: Dear Ariana, Recently, I have discovered your ‘skin’ work, and have been inspired by the
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Hello Ariana, My name’s Denisa and I’m from France. I am 14 years old. I wanted to write you an email to tell you that I have the same “problem” with my skin. I’ve searched for two years for the name of my skin disease and one week ago I finally found it on your
The following is written by Skinwriter Anonymous. I wrote some thoughts on the matter below his story. Some breakthroughs fixing my Dermatographia urticaria by Skinwriter Anonymous (19 july 2014) I spend much time going through all message boards, articles and publications since the day I discovered I had dermatographia, trying to find a solution or
I experienced many of the same things you described, whenever I scratched my face people thought something major had happened! I embrace it now. I identify as an artist and I see my body as an extension of my sketchbook. -Nitasha Deogun Nitasha and I met on Instagram. She’s an artist interested in skin, patterns,
I love the fact that drawing skin needs just a line, and you’ve built a frontier between the outside and the intimate. -Nataly S. Nataly is an artist living in France (her work can be viewed here) and she wrote to me about her own experience with skin cancer, after reading my post Why It’s
I have the same affliction and the thought of turning it into the art, or even sharing it with the world is something that really hit me right in the gut. -Ryan Quintal This sentence in an email is how I met Ryan. Pretty great introduction! Little did I know, speaking with Ryan would
