A Peacock's Tail Artwork

My name is Lola Fajemirokun. I was born in Nigeria but grew up in the UK where I am still based. Beads. Colour. Beautiful objects. Those are the three things that inspire my work and I use the first two to hopefully create the third. All that you see is created with beads on a painted canvas. My method of working is necessarily pain-staking with each bead placed on the canvas by hand and by myself (no assistants!) to make the design. I'd always wanted to find a way to use beads but I was never interested in the traditional methods of using them .i.e. as jewellery or body adornment etc. As you can imagine it's not a quick process and how long each piece takes depends on the size and design. My wish? Simply that they are seen and admired as a beautiful objects. They are delicate and best to handle with care as little as possible.