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Kafka’s Sick Bed reimagines Kafka’s The Metamorphosis through the lens of disability. It asks what our life, our relationship with our bodies, and the reactions of others might look like if illness suddenly transformed our world into something unrecognisable. Images familiar to Dobson’s lived experience of disability, such as neglected houseplants, mobility aids and a TENS machine, have been brought to life using a variety of textile techniques and scrap materials.
Themes of decay and disrepair come through not just in the visual imagery, but also in the methods used, such as rust dyeing and distressing fabric. Nevertheless, the gilded bug at the centre of the work shines through, showing there is still beauty to be found in the disabled body, even if it looks very different to one we have come to expect.
This work responded to Farfield Mills’ prompt of ‘metamorphosis’ for their 2026 textile competition, and was selected to be shown during their exhibition throughout March-May 2026.
Textures of Pain (2025- ongoing) is an exploration in visualising my chronic pain. A near-universal experience, pain still manages to transcend language in our ability to convey what we’re feeling. This work is a response to questions asked of my pain during meditative approaches to making peace with it. Questions such as: “What texture are you?”, “Where do you live?” and “What is your trajectory?”. This approach of curiosity has been a long-standing way for me to manage the distress associated with chronic pain, and approach it from an alternative perspective to the traditional confines of a scale from 1-10.
Finn Dobson 