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the delicacy of the fabric compliments the delicacy in the design and colour

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it turned out looking way better in real life than in my head. I carried on working with stencils of arabic and trying a more intricate one to emulate typical turkish ornate designs. i mostly changed the way i wished to exhibit my work which is how my final piece came about

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my personal favourite: the layers are colourful, joyful and they all bring something different to the energy of the drawing as a whole

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i was not satisfied with how the empty space is when using charcoal, literally hated it

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this became my lino print

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i made this collage with porn magazines and vogues, it was fun to find how the shapes of these completely different contexts interact with each other

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I use the portraits as a psychological evaluation of myself: that which I find necessary to display helps confirm what I seem to be identifying in the moment.

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a picture portrait of myself as the portrait sketched

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I began also using self portraits to explore my own identity around 'Turkishness', especially considering my experience of how the effects of a Turkish upbringing which come up in my healing journey.

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The story behind the flag is in the early years of the Ottoman Empire, after battle, the blood stained grounds of violence, it is said that the moon and star reflected in the blood. Turkey is the country with the highest percentage of voters to population, but this high regard of the country is filtered through misogyny that makes me uncomfortable to not cover like a Muslim woman would.

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I bought my flag knowing the power it could hold. Recently I have been doing all I can to experiment using physical interaction with the media I wish to work with.

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it was an interesting experience and it felt confrontational to explore something my culture and Turkish society calls embarrassing and disgusting. it has been an interesting experience to grow with the project I was working with, and this introduced the more confrontational themes of my project.

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originally I was going to create a complete separate flag, but after experimenting like above, I decided I didn't enjoy the way it looked
update: i added more self portraits and thouroughly loved it