I once had the good fortune to spend two glorious weeks in Brazzaville, Congo. My friends will already know how much I love African fabric. My husband was born and brought up in Khartoum in Sudan, so the affinity with the African continent is long indeed.
A few years ago I met a lovely lady on Cambridge market who created amazing pictures using colourful African fabrics. The pictures are very unusual, individual pieces of carefully chosen fabrics are inserted into a special foam base giving the images a 3D effect. Often there are pieces of jewellery included.
Agnes Asselin joined Cambridge Open Studios, and became more widely known; we even once exhibited together one Christmas. For my husband’s 70th birthday in 2018, I commissioned Agnes to create a map of Africa. We still love everything about it.
For various reasons, Agnes decided to leave Cambridge to move to London. She gave up the ‘day job’ hoping to make a living from her art. In normal times you can find her on Greenwich market.
I just had to take the opportunity to promote Agnes’ new website www.agnescreations.co.uk Like me, Agnes feels close to Africa so to mark her new website she is raising money to support a charity for children in Uganda. Please go to www.uphilltrust.org to find out more about their work.
Visit https://agnescreations.co.uk/charity-event/ where Agnes has listed pieces of her artwork and fabulous jewellery with a 50% donation to the Uphill Trust. You can also find Agnes' work on Etsy (AfricAgnes)
Images of African ladies, butterflies, cats and more.
Images of African ladies, butterflies, cats and more.
Thank you so much for promoting Agnes’ charity page and also the work of The Uphill Trust!
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