Using sculptures to heal after 'a life of pain'

Описание: Mixed media artist Melanie Chikofsky channels real physical pain into the acupuncture figures that become her models.

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Melanie Chikofsky is cheerful — remarkably so when you realize she has lived much of her life in significant pain. Calling herself accident-prone, she can easily make a list of shudder-inducing injuries, surgeries and hospitalizations. Of one, she says, "I don't remember anything other than waking up in a bathroom and hearing my voice being called and I saw my hand in a sink of cold water. And I don't know how I got there. When I was in a state of shock, I remember most distinctly looking and saying, 'Oh, bones, veins.'"

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