Sunday 25 October 2015

Researching Burns

When I researched the definition for 'Burn' this is what I found:
"A burn is a type of injury to flesh or skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Burns that affect only the superficial skin are known as first-degree burns. When the damage penetrates into some of the underlying layers, it is a partial-thickness or second-degree burn"

Baring this in mind I began to google images of different burns to gather some ideas for what type of burn I wanted to create. I wanted to gather images of burns over various parts of the body to see what type I'd like to create the most.

The images below are pictures courtesy of google, and are a variety of images of recent burns. There is a mixture of first and second-degree burns. These burns are very pink, red and orange in colour, some show traces of blood but all of them look very sore and angry.
If I were to create a fresh burn for my wound then I would need to consider adapting these colours in to my final piece as well as using substances such as fake blood and perhaps fake puss?  





The images below are of burns that are drying out and healing or have healed and scarred. The burn scars are a different texture and appearance to the surrounding skin, they are a lot paler in colour and look a lot smoother than the normal, unaffected skin. The burns that are in the process of healing, however, are a deeper red colour and the skin looks very dry. If I were to create this type of burn I would need to consider how I would create this type of appearance of the skin and what colours I would need.









Images courtesy of Google Images; 
http://asianetindia.com/home-remedies-to-remove-burn-marks/, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_burn, http://www.medicinenet.com/dehydration_pictures_slideshow/article.htm, 
http://cdn.lifeinthefastlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Picture_16681-590x391.jpg, http://f.tqn.com/y/firstaid/1/9/l/D/-/-/KathrynHarper2ndBurnArm.jpg, 
http://file2.answcdn.com/answ-cld/image/upload/w_760,c_fill,g_faces:center,q_60/v1/tk/view/answ-images/00eaac80/7589060750a247e875c000f4db47f7153e30db74.jpg, 
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/shiv-sena-activists-disrupt-pak-sufi-band-press-conference-33242.html, 
http://www.vicburns.org.au/first-aid/cover-the-burn.html, 
http://www.gutefrage.net/frage/die-zahl-269-eingebrannt-welche-bedeutung, 
http://ocvalidate.imngmedicalmedia.com/onecount/redirects/index.php?action=get-tokens&return=http%3A%2F%2F
www.familypracticenews.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-single-view%2Fburn-wound-dressing-speeds-recovery-and-reduces-complications-costs%2F46535147a1.html, 
http://pixhder.com/2nd+degree+burns+treatment+healing?image=1422899670




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