[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] What can we do with empty bottles? What kind of bottles do you find lying around our homes, the areas we reside in and offices. What can we do with bottles? Throw them away or maybe, turn them into valuable pieces, making them useful again. [/dropcap]
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The 'Artist' Putting our Art out there…..By Miabo Enyadike
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Our ability to observe and translate events, objects, humanity, lifestyle and pain that we see around us, into a gift that is shared and received by all who see it and term it “Creativity”, is what oils our artistic wheels to keep moving. [/dropcap]
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Environmental Problem Turned Into a Beneficial Solution By Achenyo Idachaba
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Achenyo Idachaba is the founder of MitiMeth who turned an environmental problem into a beneficial solution. Born in the US to Nigerian parents spent her formative years between Nigeria and America. Many see water weed as a nuisance but Achenyo Idachaba identified it as a business opportunity. She turned these watery weeds into a tangible, bespoke craft thus transforming an environmental problem into a beneficial solution. [/dropcap]Continue reading
Meet Adeoye Adetunji, The Toothpick Artist
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] I stumbled on a Talented Nigerian toothpick artist by the name Adeoye Adetunji via Instagram @2thpickart and I was moved to share his creative work. Hello beautiful reader. I hope your day is going well. [/dropcap]
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Spotlight Wednesday | Zerihun Yetmgeta
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Zerihun is an internationally acclaimed Ethiopian artist whose artistic talent was discovered at a very early age. He was nicknamed as the “scientist” while attending boarding school because he enjoyed working with his hands and making things. He won a national art competition, known as the “All Ethiopian School” competition at the age of fifteen, since then he knew his destiny was to pursue the life of an artist. He started painting classes at the Empress Menen Handicraft School soon after he completed high school. He proceeded to Alle School of Fine Arts, Addis Ababa a year later, where he studied from 1963 to 1968. [/dropcap]Continue reading
Spotlight Wednesday | Aboudia Abdoulaye Diarrassouba
Meet this Inspiring Cave-digging Artist who finds Inspiration Underground
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of art he calls wilderness shrines. Lee Cowan has the story of an artist who does his best work underground. Amazing… [/dropcap]
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Meet the Ghanaian Entrepreneur Building Bikes Using Bamboo
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] The Ghanaian Entrepreneur Building Bikes Using Bamboo. Talk about Creativity. Meet Bernice Dapaah from Ghana, founder of Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative. She is changing the face of transport in Ghana by making bikes out of bamboo. Watch her video and be inspired… [/dropcap]
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Nigerian Jewelry by Itoro Okon | Dec 2015 Lookbook
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”] Nigerian Jewelry by Itoro Okon’s December collection. Are you ready to be blown away? She’s beautiful and creative, check out her beautiful collections. [/dropcap]
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Spotlight Wednesday | Owusu-Ankomah
[dropcap custom_class=”normal”]Owusu-Ankomah is a Ghanaian contemporary artists popularly known for his use of Adinkra symbol in his artworks. His work deals with identity and body, with the use of Adinkra symbols which has numerous motifs. Owusu-Ankomah re-interpreted their sybolischen content in an art context, where many of the original content remains. [/dropcap]Continue reading
