Skate girls of Kubal.
I explored the broad
spectrum of aspects that ‘sequential’ entails. I then went on to recording my
walk to university, leading to the notion of the everyday, which later
developed, into the memory of walking to school as a child. My acts of
childhood rebellion now seem both inconsequential and small in magnitude.
I quickly came to
realise that journeys of this nature are a global phenomenon and started
looking at school children’s daily walks, specifically young girls in
Afghanistan. After some research I discovered that there were many restrictions
enforced upon them via the Taliban. What I would deem to be a small childhood
crime would be severely punished in Afghanistan i.e a girl riding her bike to
school!
My final piece is
designed to illustrate the contrast in acts of rebellion around the world. I
used a simple textural background (with a mountainous horizon as the only feature)
in order draw a parallel with the simplicity of riding a bike to school.
I used a loose
gestural application when drawing my protagonist in order to demonstrate a
child in a natural state of play. I wanted to capture the same sense of freedom
and hope, portrayed in Jessica Fulford-Dobson’s photographs ‘The skate girls of
Kabul ‘. Her images were the main inspiration and gave my project a direction.
I felt so enlightened when I saw Jessica’s striking images in the Saatchi
Gallery, the restrictions and prejudice the girls in Kubal face really took me
by surprise as ive never really been aware or even really considered how a
young girl of a similar age could lead such a different life. 
Lino cut
Sketch book pages-development of ideas.
