Public artwork
Mural Triptych
Three murals celebrating African women’s contributions to art and the built environment.
Celebrating African women's contributions to art and the built environment. A national commission by Sustrans Scotland, a national cycling charity, with funding from Transport Scotland.
The murals were inspired by three styles: South African Ndebele murals, Igbo Uli / Uri from Nigeria, and Egyptian Nubian wall decoration. Materials included earth pigments, twigs, feathers, paint brushes and acrylic paints.
Additionally, I delivered a painting-with-natural-materials workshop as part of The Hidden Gardens Black History Month event.
Research into African women’s wall art
The idea for the murals came out of a period of researching women’s wall art practised across Africa. I was particularly interested in how they are communal arts within which everyone can be an artist within the form, the intergenerational passing of knowledge, and how they often use natural materials.
Credits
- Photographs
- Colin Hattersley and Paul Maguire
- Video
- Sustrans