Thursday 22 December 2016

Sex Work Exhibition & "Aftermath"




I had some pieces of work in an exhibition about Sex Work which was put on to raise money for the charity Basis Yorkshire. It was part of the 17daysofaction movement for the international day to end violence against sex workers.

I went to the exhibition and it was really great seeing everyones work, including my own in an exhibition helping a cause.

I got a message from the girl who set it all up saying the pieces that I made for the exhibition sold for £40, which will go to the charity!

Some may say that was not enough money for the pieces, as there were 4 A4 digital prints, made especially for the event. Personally I am fine with this amount as all the proceeds were going to charity and for a cause that links very closely to my own views in regards to feminism and sexual health! I'm very happy with the fact that I have contributed to keeping sex workers safe and supported, even in a small way.

As well as this, I was kind of amazed that someone would buy my work! I got a few comments on my facebook page (for my art) about how much people liked it and that they put bids on it so that kind of made me realise that even if I don't think so cause I'm really self critical - people like my work and there is a place in the illustration world for me, even if it takes a while for me to find my niche.