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I love the nazar boncuğu, also known as the evil eye. A famous symbol of protection that looks evil right in the eye and says, “Not today.” The nazar is popular in many parts of the world, and one place it is particularly loved is Turkey. If you visit Turkey, you’ll see nazars embedded in […]

I started to dream up Mad Rag some time ago. I love the unruly styles of zines and street mags, and have always wanted to make one. When thinking about making Mad Rag I wondered how I could incorporate animation, sounds and video too. It’s also a big part of my creative style and practice

We all love movies, TV shows and artworks, but do you ever feel like all the images you’re bombarded with are for the male gaze. What is the male gaze you ask? Coined by Laura Mulvey in her influential 1975 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” the male gaze refers to the way visual arts

Hi friends, I was really excited to find out about hypnagogia recently as it’s something I have experienced for many years, and have drawn so much creative inspiration from the experience. Hypnagogia is the experience of being awake and asleep at the same time. I’m sure you would have experienced it before falling asleep or

  Over the past seven years I have moved countries three times, and with those moves there were places I didn’t know anyone or wasn’t able to see people. These experiences have been exciting and full of adventure, but at times, very lonely. Making friends and feeling lonely, have become core themes in my life,

Hi friendly friend, I recently started this blog as a way to share more about my art practice and what I have coming up. Today I want to take time to share in something that I started thinking about a few months back but was and am still unsure what to really do with it.

Hello all, Just a quick one to incase you don’t follow me on Instagram (nudge, nudge), I created a fun video this week to promote the Custom Kicks prints I made. Kinda a dream for me to become a cartoon in some capacity, and with the magic of stickers and apps I made that happen!

Dear friends, Welcome and I’m happy to see you here :). I’ve spent a lot of time this summer working on new artworks for the website, and thinking about where to  take all of this. I’ve been creating visual artworks for sometime now as a way to express myself, share my humour and reflect on