High on Shaggz

Description

You remember going to shaggz and seeing mud wall painted in black, white, and sometimes red? Yeah, those were simpler times of African beauty untainted by the ide of contemporary clean-cut look. Flowers petals were a big thing then, and I don’t know why but, even now when see a mandala designs today, I don’t associate them with Indian origin. I grew up seeing the same style in the simpler African patterns and repeat designs on those houses. Flower petals formed intricate continuous circular form or trellis pattern along the doors and window frame. This pattern is an ode to that. It does not replicate it, but it is a reminder of the simpler turns and seemingly even simpler designs that were only made complex by the feelings they evoked, and the participation in colouring and paint using natural pigments.