Inspired by the exciting Migration is Beautiful campaign and in solidarity with amazing artist Favianna Rodriguez, I've started working on the tiny seedling of a campaign about migrant rights here in the UK/Europe.
In the Americas, they have chosen the monarch butterfly as a symbol of both natural migration and beauty. Here, I am using the barn swallow in a similar way.
I've had plans to start a series about how right-wing leaders have used anti-immigration rhetoric to encourage working class people to vote against their own economic interests throughout history. This has been waiting on my wall for a couple of months. As if purposely proving my point, David Cameron has provided this timely segue to get back to wheat pasting. So here's one I made earlier.
