What are your main concerns? 

At the moment my main concerns are similar to what I was looking at in my dissertation. A lot of it is about me, really – about my cultural background, having mixed cultural background. Looking at how that can be displayed through my work.

 

What are your biggest influences? 

Adera story cloths and various traditional cultural printing techniques – that’s what I’m most interested in at the moment. 

 

What’s the first thing you do? What’s your process? 

First thing I do is to – without thinking too much – just do something, and then I start thinking about how I can expand that. I get an idea and I have to do it. If it works it works, and if it doesn’t I scrap it and move on. 

 

What do you like most about the studio? 

I think I enjoy the days of getting on and working really hard, and producing something at the end of the day. Having something to show for your work rather than if you’re in the library, your’e sat there all day and you’ve written three words. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How has your work changed? 

I think I’ve started having a bit more behind my work. Before I was always very aesthetic and that was the only thing really that mattered. I’m involving more meaning in my work, more than I’ve really done before.

 

What are your plans after graduation? 

Hopefully get a job! Stay in Leeds, and carry on, trying to get a job that’s creative.