Amanda Haynes (@rudelyearly) profiles the work of Ada Maricia Patterson (@ada_patterson_), noting precarity, adaptability, and tempering self as a working methodology for enduring intolerable conditions.

"The evolution from the original drawings, which began as self-portraiture, towards the motif of ‘headlessness’ pushes Patterson’s practice into a new realm of possibility. While the pressure of an outside world on vulnerable bodies has long been present in Patterson’s work, previous works of worldbuilding through masquerade centre the creation of bodies that absorb and negotiate the conditions around them." Read more from Haynes' profile of Patterson at the link in bio. — 1. Ada Maricia Patterson, "tell her she mad, act like she mad", 2025, acid dye, India ink on pongee silk, 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches, 70 x 70 cm. Part of Patterson’s "Antoinette" series. Image courtesy of the artist & Copperfield London (@copperfield_london). 2. Ada Maricia Patterson, "does she look intemperate and unchaste", 2025, acid dye, India ink on crepe de chine silk, 39 x 27 inches, 99 x 69 cm. Part of Patterson’s "Antoinette" series. Image courtesy of the artist & Copperfield London. 3. Ada Maricia Patterson, "the hammeress in a state of disgrace, 2025, acid dye, India ink on pongee silk, 55 x 102 inches, 140 x 260 cm. Part of Patterson’s series, "the hammeress in a state of disgrace." Image courtesy of the artist & Copperfield London.