Kayakroar's Art

Hiya! Recently, I went to my local library which had a built in gallery and a few exhibitions going on. It was then, I noticed some really dope sculptures, historical paintings and, would you have thought, some SCREEN PRINTS! I was actually really surprised by the content I came across when attending the exhibition, there was a lot of historical references about Manny C ( Manchester) and Oldham that I didn't know about. Like famous feminist, Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Moss side, Manchester and I had no idea. (regardless of the fact that her statue was being transported all over Manny C Emmeline Pankhurst I also had no idea that she and I share the same birthday. ( 14th or the 15th of July, its still a debate!) After seeing this, it inspired me on a mental and emotional level to pursue and challenge myself to keep going on my freelance career. Because, if she was brave enough to help as many people (both women and men) during those difficult, restrictive times, the...

Hiya, Long time no see! So how are you? Are you doing okay? Hopefully, you said yes, if not just know that this too shall pass. I know that was a super deep way to open a blog post, but lately, as I have started my freelancing career, it has been a jumpy, draining journey. The reason I'm talking about this is that my art career is currently going through a bittersweet stage at the moment. What had happened was, lately that my artwork has been improving. So for the past few months since launching my screen printing career, I have been practising methods and techniques to help improve my artwork. And it has been fun, and sometimes frustrating, (again the unpredictable fun of screen printing!), but what I can say is that it was all worth it. My screenprints improved from using basic paper stencils, ( Like the stencil's you start with when screen printing before upgrading to photo emulsion) I used paper stencils to make my The Cross "It is Finished" print ...