Leah Jensen
That Morning 3, 2026
Hand-embroidered cotton pillows
39cm x 90cm x 45cm
Series: Brain Tumour Book
CF1729
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Photo: Robert Chadwick
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One of a series of works made by Leah Jensen following her brain tumour diagnosis and treatment. Details of the hand-embroidered text I lie awake in the dead silence of...
One of a series of works made by Leah Jensen following her brain tumour diagnosis and treatment.
Details of the hand-embroidered text
I lie awake in the dead silence of 3am a nurse enters my cubicle on the ward to deliver the results’ the pillow in front continues with the text ‘after, I tell her that I’m scared not because I am, but because that’s the sort of thing people say isn’t it? She gives me a cautionary breast exam and helps me to get dressed. Your socks are so soft thank you they’re my favourite.