The ELEMENTS Gallery

A Collection of Select Science-Based Student Artworks

BY A BBY S TEWARD

BY K YRA L EE

Epidermolysis Bullosa

BY J AMES A DDICOTT

This piece is inspired by epidermolysis bullosa, a set of rare genetic disorders that can cause the epidermis and dermis to become easily disconnected, resulting in severe blisters, deformity of the hands and feet, and an inability to eat due to esophageal damage. EB sufferers spend much of their shortened lives immobilized and in extreme pain from many open wounds. This piece represents pain that may be lurking beneath a pleasant surface, and, conversely, the beauty that persists despite one of the worst conditions in human biology.