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“For artists, listening to feedback and making changes is important and necessary – this is your work, but it’s also for the community, so this context must be understood.” – Molly Dilworth

Detailed evolution of my design development through to execution. 

Artolution is a community art project centred around youths displaced by violence. The resulting murals, silk-screening and graffiti have created safer spaces and means of expression within the community. The projects have garnered huge success in countries like Columbia, Uganda, Sudan etc. 

What matters is that you have an intuitive design sense. Listen to it and explore uniqueness through your work – David Carson.

The future belongs to those who prepare for today – Malcolm X

South African artist Ester Mahlangu combines her Ndebele heritage with pop art and graphic design to create vibrant, colourful murals and pottery (Cashdan, 2021). Multidisciplinary British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori uses African patterns in a playful, bright and contemporary way across furniture, fabrics and even pedestrian crossings in London (Yinka Ilori Studio - Yinka Ilori Studio, 2021). Ghana-based print fabric artisan Vlisco creates recognizably bold and bright West African prints, which led me to explore African patterns used in fabrics like shweshwe and traditional mud house murals (Afrique et al., 2021).

I am inspired by Morag Myerscough's Belonging Seminar showcasing her colourful structures that liven up neighbourhoods and cityscapes while involving the communities in the project.

Your Breast Self Campaign - Perfect Imperfection

Perfect is the enemy of the good - Voltaire. For creatives, perfectionism can be an asset. It can push us to improve and innovate. But if that critical internal voice gets too loud, it can do more harm than good.

“The qualities that a given period calls beautiful in women are merely symbols of the female behaviour that period considers desirable.” – Naomi Wolf

Self-Initiated projects are a way to exercise your creativity, experiment with techniques and show the world what you are made of – Jessica Walsh 

Promotion is wrapped up in creation – think about your communication at the start and throughout the creative process.