Knit & Tings 12/03/22 (Rescheduled)

As one of the commissioned artists for the Craft Council’s current exhibition We Gather, I has created a knitted magazine cover – We Mek Magazine (2021) – full of symbolism with a central figure inspired by political activist Angela Davis and with her watch set to 9.25pm, the time that George Floyd lost his life to police brutality.

In this talk at the Crafts Council Gallery, I will discuss the making techniques, processes, and symbolism behind m work. Using materials featured in the exhibition as discussion points, I will expand on issues raised in my seminal dissertation ‘Myth: Black People Don’t Knit – the importance of art and oral histories for documenting the experiences of black knitters’, which questions the lack of visibility of Black crafters and documents their hidden histories, written while undertaking my Masters’ Degree in Knitted Textiles from the Royal College of Art.

We Gather (closing 12 March, 2022) is a new exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery commissioned by Dr Karen Patel as part of her Craft Expertise research exploring inequalities and diversity in craft. It features new work by five female artists of Black and Asian heritage myself, Shaheen Ahmed,  Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings, Francisca Onumah and Onome Otite – and is curated by Rosie & Griffi.