Equal Fashion Magazine Vol 4-2016
ALEAH
LEIGH
INTERVIEW WITH ANGELA CARSON & KIERAN SHERRY
Q1. What is your f avourit e
Col our?
A1. red all the way and anything
with sparkles
Q2. Has Art been somet hing you
grew int o over t he years or were
you born wit h t he gif t ?
A2. My mum was and still is very
arty she would always come up
with things for us to create
together still now she is an
amazing artist and is definitely
where I get my talent from.
Q3. What is your f avourit e raw
mat erial ?
A3. News paper has to be my
favourite material to work with
you can create so many different
looks and textures with it, you
can turn it in to anything and
best of all no one ever expects it.
Q4. If you were grant ed t hree
wishes t hat coul d onl y be used
f or t he purposes of Art , what
woul d t hey be ?
A4. Great question and a very
hard one, first wish would be
that trees grow clothing so in the
156
less fortunate countries they can
pick their clothes straight of the
tree.
2nd wish would be for a never
ending roll of material that
changed in to a different colour
or texture every day
3rd wish would be to be able to
touch anything with my one
finger and it would turn into
material
Q5. As an Art ist mysel f I was sel f
t aught f rom earl y chil dhood,3
years ol d, but when going
t hrough t he educat ion syst em
we were t aught t o perf ect t he
skil l of recreat ing what we seen
int o eit her an anal yt ical
scul pt ure,paint ing or drawing.
Once a high st andard of t hat was
achieved I was 18 years ol d,
t hen we were chal l enged t o
undo t hose skil l s and t hink "Out
of t he Box." It t ook some get t ing
used t o but once I coul d unravel
t he norm it was great f un.
Anyt hing became possibl e ! I
t hink you have an Out of t he Box
approach t o Art which is
f ascinat ing and excit ing as we
never know what is coming next
but we know t hat it wil l be
t hought provoking,nourishing
and f un. So, my quest ion is when
did you st art t hinking "Out of
t he box" have you al ways been a
daring Art ist or did t his come
l at er in l if e?
A5. My very first dress I made I
made it out of news paper I was
living in a hostel and had no
money so I use to find anything I
could and turn it into a garment, I
am self taught in all I know.
When I get fabric or an item I see
a pattern in my head of how to
create it . My favourite saying is
everything can be anything you
just have to find a way to create
it.
I have always been outside the
box and at first people did not
get my designs, I received a lot
of criticism but I always kept
going because I love what I do
and thats all that matters to me.
Q6. How did t he idea f or making
a dress f rom Train Ticket s arise
and why did you decide t o go
t hrough wit h it ?
A6. It was something I had
thought about for awhile and my