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Wake Up Nation

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A photograph of a shallow dish and a spoon/hoe implement constructed with grass and binding materials, on a white background. The spoon/hoe is in two parts: the handle and a spoon shape. The spoon rests in the dish and the handle is placed below the dish.

Wake Up Nation

Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2022
Artist: Aramatou Toure (British African (Ivorian))
Dimensions:
To be checked:
Bowl: 7 x 87cm
Spoon: 22 x 2cm (spoon bowl: 11 x 2cm)
Le daba (hoe) 57 x 4cm (head: 13 x 4cm)
Medium: Grass, grout, blue paper yarn, glue, varnish
Object number: UAC 1083
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DescriptionAramatou Toure studied BA Textile Design on the Weave pathway at Central Saint Martins. She says of this project, for which the theme is ‘Gratitude’:

‘It expresses my appreciation for my community and those who supported me. Overall, ‘Gratitude’ is storytelling with poem, music, faith and celebration of life. Wake Up Nation addresses the sustainability aspects that we needs more biodegradable and that the world need to stand together to solve the waste problem.

I am creative, experimental, multi-disciplinary, mixed media designer/artist. I love nature and I was brought up in nature. Since my childhood, I have been interacting with materials from the agricultural land of my parents. My upbringing and culture influence what I do.
I am inspired by nature and waste, so re-purposing discarded materials and objects is always central to my work. I like to create conceptual pieces that evoke conversation about everyday life experiences.’