Balaclavas
Colourful knits for all your krimes made out of second hand yarn. Original Ballies with celtic knot work designs can be bought online through Etsy on the account linked below. Balaclavas with the Stinky Ocean Kelpie design can be bought in person at their gigs- keep up to date with upcoming gigs on their Social media (also linked below). If you are looking for a commissioned Bally please get in touch via the contact Base Wean form below.
Knits for Palestine
I will soon be uploading new knits that will be sold to raise money for Palestine. This will be done in a raffle style: every £5 donated to the linked Crowdfunder will act as 1 go in the raffle. Check Instagram for updates. The Crowdfunder will be posted both here and on Instagram.
Kilts
Custody Great Kilt: Inspired by the Highland Great Kilt and the oppression suffered by Gaels in post-Jacobite Scotland, I cut-up my used jail clothes and re-sewed them into a 10 meter long piece of fabric. I got the jail clothes as a result of spending my early 20's in and out of police custody for protesting. Although not intentional, the project helped me to process the emotions I have around of my experience during these years and the interactions I had with the police and the court system.
Keffiyeh Kilt: Combining both Scottish and Palestinian culture, it draws on similarities of both the Keffiyeh and the Kilt in terms of their symbolism of resistance, as well as the kilts historic criminalisation with the current criminalisation of the keffiyeh. The piece also reminds me of punks in the 1970's who incorporated tartan into their clothing as anti-establishment and anti-British symbols, because of their respect for its history in rebellion. Likewise, today the keffiyeh is used as a symbol of resistance all across the world.
See videos below (Kilts are not currently for sale).
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