What's New

Stall at the Black History Studies event on 21^st October. A great gathering of like-minded people in support of BHS.  Good networking and a steady flow of enthusiastic people.  Was lovely to see so many positive young people with their wares and attending  the event.  info@blackhistorystudies.com

Can’t throw a tin can away now, since I started recycling them into handy decorative containers.  Most recent ones have small images of my past artworks recycled from catalogues and brochures.

Stall at Crystal Palace Overground Festival back in June on a cold and windy day.  I didn’t do very well but was glad to put the items out for viewing.  As always there was lots of good response.  But the punters kept their money in their wallets unless they were going for the v god food and drink, wise.

keep-sake

These baby books, bibs and other Afro textile items work well as keep-sake gifts that can be handed down from generation to generation because of their stay-clean uniqueness

Source Materials

The west Norwood Sunday Market, May was a success with new customers and interest in my products and in the stay-clean aspect. 

The liquid repellent surface is anti-bacterial and just needs a quick rinse under running water in the event of spillages.  No detergents and machine washing needed.

Many of the fabrics I use for the books are my own recycled costumes never to be worn again or restyled leaving several large sections of waste materials, but lately I have also been using off-cuts glean from the floor around the floor of a tailor in Peckham. It’s fun collecting these as I never know what fabrics will turn up and subsequently inspire ne designs.  The educational baby books & bibs collection has several design categories including African animals, reptiles and insects.  There are also numbers and the alphabetic. 

Baby Books

'Baby's First Book' is on at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London SE1 3XF,  the Newham College’s Showcasing Innovation project.  Launch on 8th March.  I have delivered 7 books on display. This exhibition is part of the International Women’s Day centenary and showcases work from some of the female-owned businesses registered on Showcasing Innovation who are embracing emerging technologies such as nanotechnology in new and exciting ways to enhance and protect their products.
The little books cover several different selected series including animals, numbers alphabet,flowers, insects and so on.. more will be added with plans for domestic: cups, cat, computer ....travel: boats, planes, cars etc.....

Materialized

'Materialized' the exhibition installation set up at Brick Box, in Brixton Village, 19th Feb is now extended until 20th March.  

following my solo show at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green 'CASSAVA' last year,this new show is like the start of things to come now here in London.

The Brent Museum costume commission 'What' Our Story' is something on a landmark project and contributes greatly to the ways in which I work in the future.  The body of work since the beginning, that is since graduation 1996 and the commencement of the career, is now stronger and seems to have consolitated into something that has a core and a story line.  Very satisfactory.

Next project to watch is 'Baby's First Book', three having been given as presents to little ones, Nayra, Sasha and Romeo, and new ones in progress will be showing at 'Materialized'.