{"id":996,"date":"2012-08-09T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T01:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=996"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:33:11","slug":"ariana-page-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/ariana-page-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Ariana Page Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/ariana-page-russell\/flora\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"908,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"flora\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora-300x198.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-997\" title=\"flora\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora.jpg 908w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/flora-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianapagerussell.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Page Russell<\/a> uses her body&#8217;s hypersensitive skin in her photo series appropriately titled &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianapagerussell.com\/work\/skin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skin<\/a>&#8216;. \u00a0Ariana possesses a condition known as dermatographia, where her immune system releases excessive amounts of histamine causing her skin to welt up for around thirty minutes from the lightest of scratches. \u00a0This conditions allows Ariana to use her body in a way many of us cannot, therefore creating some of the most unique images.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/ariana-page-russell\/index_rrrrr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"835,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"index_rrrrr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr-300x215.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-998\" title=\"index_rrrrr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/index_rrrrr-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ariana also photographs her flushing skin, using the images to create wallpaper installations and temporary tattoos. \u00a0In her photo series &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianapagerussell.com\/work\/save-face\/\" target=\"_blank\">Save Face<\/a>&#8216; she applies the tattoos on various areas of the body to explore the concept of augmenting one&#8217;s identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/ariana-page-russell\/rave_seethe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"820,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rave_seethe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe-300x219.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1003\" title=\"rave_seethe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rave_seethe-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Page Russell uses her body&#8217;s hypersensitive skin in her photo series appropriately titled &#8216;Skin&#8216;. \u00a0Ariana possesses a condition known as dermatographia, where her immune system releases excessive amounts of histamine causing her skin to welt up for around thirty minutes from the lightest of scratches. \u00a0This conditions allows Ariana to use her body in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,199],"tags":[198,37,200,1871,1876,201,202],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-photography","tag-ariana-page-russell","tag-art","tag-body","tag-installation","tag-photography","tag-tattoos","tag-wallpaper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-g4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3300,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/best-of-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":996,"position":0},"title":"Best of 2012","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"December 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks for stopping by Flash of the Hand and joining me during my first year of blogging!! 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Join me in 2013 for more bookbinders and book artists, plus tons of art and a weekly dose of cats! 1.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;best of&quot;","block_context":{"text":"best of","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/best-of\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bestof2012d.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bestof2012d.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bestof2012d.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bestof2012d.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13283,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/13\/north-bennet-street-school-the-set-book-interviews-class-of-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":996,"position":1},"title":"North Bennet Street School \/\/ The Set Book Interviews \u2013 Class of 2022","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"May 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"At the beginning of the school year in Fall 2020, I had the honor of ushering in a new group of students. 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