I then covered the whole of the plastic base with a mixture of cement and emulsion to make it matte. In true “Art Attack” style, I achieved this by first, buying some huge plastic barrels from a supermarket – the kind you throw stuff in – pretty much like a wastepaper basket! I bought the biggest ones I could find and removed the metal pieces with pliers so they wouldn’t get in the way. This was a great project and I decided to really get out of my comfort zone and think BIG! So, I wanted to go very literal and create giant coffee mugs and then do illustrated coloured pen murals all over them of Dubai, fashion and coffee. The final art pieces would then be displayed at a cocktail event at Desert Fish studios alongside the unveiling of the new machine in Alserkal Avenue. 5 Local artists were handpicked to be part of an art-style-fashion movement and we were asked to use create an interpretation of Dubai and Nespresso using any medium we wanted, provided we use Nespresso coffee capsules in some way for our designs. In January, I had been invited to participate in an artistic collaboration by Desert Fish Magazine for Nespresso’s launch of their new Maestria machine. I have been a real busy bee lately experimenting with all sorts and I thought I’d do a little write-up about what I have been upto and keep you updated!
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