In May/June 2013 I assisted Nettie Scriven once again on a play about the care of dementia patients called 'Inside Out of Mind'.
The project was an innovative new production written in conjuction with official NHS research into Dementia, by Tanya Meyers. Tanya worked with a team of ethnographers led by Justine Schneider, Professor of Mental Health and Social Care in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, as well as Director Stephan Lowe of Meeting Ground Theatre Group.
The show elegantly and creatively illustrated life for both carers and patients on a dementia ward, only referred to as 'the ward with no name'.
For this project, as assistant to Nettie Scriven, I re-upholstered some chairs for the set in accordance with Nettie's design. I had never tried upholstery before but found the process to be fairly straight forward, carefully removing the existing chair fabric and using that as a pattern.
Below are the finished chairs:
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