We Out Here Artists – Paul Hope
Paul will be referencing historic displacement through the Transatlantic Slave Trade, using embossed slave token images appropriated from the 1789 broadside ‘Description of a Slave Ship’. He will also be creating work exploring migration, arrival and assimilation, using traditional leatherwork techniques
“We Out Here has allowed me to think about leathercraft outside of the more utilitarian confines of domestic small leather goods, clothing and fashion. It has provided a creative forum to explore themes of local culture, migration, movement and resettlement. Through placing artworks together in the gallery space, alongside the work of fellow black artists, a stronger creative narrative can be created.”
